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SPELLING  BOO 


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NEW    CHAMPION 

SPELLING    BOOK 


BY 


WARREN    E.    HICKS 

FORMERLY   ASSISTANT  SUPERINTENDENT  OF  SCHOOLS 
CLEVELAND,   OHIO 


AMERICAN    BOOK    COMPANY 

NEW  YORK  CINCINNATI  CHICAGO 

BOSTON  ATLANTA 


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Copyright,  1909,  by  Warrkn  E.  Hicks 

COPYRIGHT,    1920,   BY   AMERICAN    BOOK   COMPANY 


NKW   CHAMPION  BP.   BK. 
E.P.    4 


EDUCATION  DEFT. 


PREFACE 

The  New  Champion  Spelling  Book  preserves  the  gen- 
eral plan  and  organization  of  the  original  Champion 
Spelling  Book,  which  has  met  the  enthusiastic  approval 
of  teachers,  principals,  and  superintendents  throughout 
the  country. 

Since  its  publication,  however,  many  new  words  have 
come  into  use,  and  many  investigations  have  been  made 
and  books  published  on  the  subject  of  spelling  vocabu- 
laries by  such  specialists  as  Ayres,  Cook  and  O'Shea, 
Pryor,  and  Suzzallo.  The  Champion  Spelling  Book  has 
therefore  been  made  over  so  far  as  necessary  to  incor- 
porate the  additional  words  that  need  to  be  taught,  and 
to  omit  a  corresponding  number  of  words  that  are  less 
needed. 

In  resetting  the  book  for  this  purpose,  the  opportunity 
has  been  taken  to  make  various  other  changes,  especially 
in  the  grading  of  words  and  in  the  grading  and  arrange- 
ment of  the  supplementary  exercises.  The  length  of  the 
book  has  been  increased  by  a  few  pages  in  order  to  incor- 
porate a  considerably  larger  number  of  dictation  exercises. 

The  course,  as  before,  includes  six  sections,  each  de- 
signed for  a  year's  work.  The  intensive  teaching  of  two 
new  words  daily  and  the  employment  of  spelling  contests, 
making  drill  and  review  effective,  are  the  prominent  fea- 
tures in  the  new  book  as  in  the  old,  as  explained  in  the 
following  pages.  It  was  by  these  methods  that  Cleveland 
boys  and  girls  were  prepared  to  win  their  famous  victory 
in  the  National  Education  Association  spelling  contest; 
hence  the  name  of  this  book. 

Warren  E.  Hicks. 

Washington,  D.C. 

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SUGGESTIONS   TO   TEACHERS 

Intensive  Teaching.  —  This  book  presents  about  1200  words 
each  year,  and  teaches  312  of  them  with  clearness  and  in- 
tensity. Two  words  are  made  prominent  in  each  lesson. 
Their  pronunciation,  division  into  syllables,  oral  and  written 
spelling,  and  meaning  are  all  to  be  made  clear  to  pupils. 
(Full  diacritic  marking  will  be  found  in  the  alphabetical  list 
at  the  end  of  each  year's  work.)  The  prominent  words  are  to 
be  used  in  sentences  made  by  the  pupils.  Center  your  energy 
on  securing  mastery  of  these  two  words ;  the  eight  subordi- 
nate words  of  each  lesson  are  review  words  or  not  difficult  — 
although  you  should  make  sure  that  the  meaning  of  each  is  un- 
derstood. Use  the  markings  only  to  establish  pronunciation ; 
write  the  word  always  as  a  whole,  without  markings  or  division 
into  syllables ;  drill  much  on  enunciation*  of  vowel  sounds ; 
establish  the  power  to  use  the  dictionary  ;  frequently  make  the 
recitation  a  combination  of  oral  and  written  work.  These 
processes  contribute  much  to  the  plan  of  intensive  teaching. 

Systematic  Drill.  —  Systematic  review  is  provided  through- 
out the  book.  Each  of  the  ten  prominent  words  taught  inten- 
sively in  a  week  is  listed  as  a  subordinate  word  within  the 
next  two  weeks ;  included  in  a  spelling  contest  at  the  end  of 
eight  weeks ;  again  in  the  annual  contest  at  the  end  of  the 
school  year ;  and  again  as  a  subordinate  word  in  the  following 
year's  work ;  —  used  five  times,  in  all,  within  two  years. 
Eighteen  hundred  and  seventy-two  words  often  misspelled  are, 
in  this  manner,  intensively  taught  and  effectively  reviewed. 

Spelling  Contests.  —  The  contests,  when  properly  conducted, 
stimulate  the  schools  to  their  highest  effort.  They  are  more 
effective  than  the  spelling  bee  or  the  spell-down.  The  contest 
requires  all  pupils  to  write  all  the  words  given,  and  in  addi- 
tion all  other  words  which  the  pupils  have  actually  misspelled. 
After  this  is  done,  the  papers  are  collected  and  the  words  are 

4 


SUGGESTIONS  TO  TEACHERS  5 

spelled  orally.     Record  is  made  of  oral  errors.     The  papers 
are  theD  marked  and  teachers  report  as  follows  : 

1.  The  number  of  pupils  taking  part  in  the  contest. 

2.  The  total  number  of  words  misspelled  in  the  oral  contest. 

3.  The  total  number  of  words  misspelled  in  the  written 
contest. 

4.  The  total  number  of  errors  in  both. 

5.  The  average  number  of  errors  per  pupil  taking  part. 

6.  The  number  of  pupils  making  no  errors. 

The  average  number  of  errors  is  posted'  in  the  schoolroom. 
It  may  be  reported  to  the  principal  or  superintendent,  and 
comparisons  made  between  the  same  grades  of  a  school,  the 
same  grades  of  different  schools,  the  different  grades  of  the 
same  school,  all  grades  of  all  schools.  Grades  and  schools 
may  learn  their  rank  in  the  community,  and  trace  the  record 
to  girls  and  boys  who  are  responsible.  Thus,  all  join  with 
the  public  in  a  worthy  effort  for  improvement,  centering  effort 
on  the  poorer  spellers. 

Other  Features.  —  It  is  important  that  the  dominant  plan  of 
the  book  be  followed  closely,  by  teaching  intensively  two  new 
words  daily.  The  subordinate  words  will  be  found  arranged 
in  helpful  groupings.  The  supplementary  lessons  will  serve 
as  aids  in  teaching  sounds  of  vowels,  homonyms,  rules  of 
spelling,  contracted  forms,  abbreviations,  suffixes,  prefixes,  use 
of  hyphens,  plurals,  dictation  work,  and  word  building.  The 
words  used  in  the  National  Education  Association  contest  are 
given  at  the  end  of  Section  VI. 

Special  Suggestions.  —  Spelling  papers  should  be  corrected 
in  the  recitation  period  and  emphasis  given  to  the  correct 
spelling  of  the  words  misspelled.  Oral  spelling  should  move 
with  snap.  Each  pupil  should  have  but  one  trial  on  a  word. 
The  meaning  of  the  word  should  always  be  made  clear,  either 
by  using  it  in  a  sentence,  or  by  definition,  or  by  giving  a 
synonym  or  the  antonym,  or  by  illustration  with  object,  action, 
or  drawing. 


6  NEW   CHAMPION  SPELLING   BOOK 

The  Hundred  Demons.  —  Among  the  prominent  words  pre- 
sented for  intensive  teaching  are  all  of  those  which  were 
selected  by  Professor  W.  Franklin  Jones  of  the  University  of 
South  Dakota  as  the  hundred  most  troublesome  words  in  the 
English  language.  They  are  often  referred  to  as  the  "  Hun- 
dred Spelling  Demons."  The  system  of  this  book  provides 
for  sufficient  teaching  and  review  of  these  words,  but  they  are 
listed  below  so  that  the  teacher  may,  if  desired,  give  them 
special  attention. 


ache 

done  l/ 

making, 
manyv 

there  l/ 

again 

don't  1/ 

though 

always  ^ 

early 

meant  V 

v      through 

among 

easy 

minute 

tired 

answer 

enough 

much 

to-night 

any     . 
been  v 

every 

none 

too 

February 

often 

trouble 

beginning 

forty 

once  V 

truly 

believe 

friend  V 

piece 

Tuesday 

blue 

grammar 

raise 

two 

break 

guess 

read 

used* 

built 

half 

ready 

very 

business  \ 

having 

said 

wear 

busy 

hear  ^ 

says 

Wednesday 

buy 

heard  V 

seems 

week 

can't 

here  ^ 

separate  ^ 

where  v 

choose 

hoarse 

shoes 
since  v 

whether 

color 

hour 

which  V 

coming 

instead 

some^ 

whole 

cough 

just 

straight 

women/ 

could 

knew 

sugar 

won't 

would  V 

1 

country 

know 

sure 

dear 

laid 

tear 

writer 

doctor 

loose 

they 

♦     writing  \l 

does  / 

lose 

their  V 

wrote 

SUGGESTIONS  TO  TEACHERS  7 

Ayres  Measuring  Scale.  —  The  thousand  words  included  by- 
Leonard  P.  Ayres  in  his  "  Measuring  Scale  for  Ability  in 
Spelling  "  are  those  which  he  found  to  be  the  thousand  words 
most  frequently  used.  They  range  from  words  of  extreme 
difficulty  in  spelling  to  words  which  offer  no  spelling  difficulty 
whatever.  Therefore  in  this  book  some  of  these  thousand 
words  are  intensively  taught  as  prominent  words,  and  others 
appear  only  as  subordinate  words  or  in  supplementary  exer- 
cises. A  few  words  which  are  learned  before  the  pupil  begins 
the  formal  study  of  spelling,  or  words  which  present  no  diffi- 
culty in  spelling,  are  omitted  from  the  book  except  as  they 
occur  incidentally  in  dictation  exercises.  For  the  convenience 
of  teachers  who  may  wish  to  review  the  spelling  of  these  few 
easiest  words,  the  following  list  presents  the  words  of  the 
Ayres  Measuring  Scale  which  are  not  included  in  the  formal 
lessons  or  word  lists  of  this  book  : 1 


a 

fine 

how 

men 

say 

am 

five 

I 

miss 

she 

an 

fix 

if 

my 

six 

and 

go 

in 

nine 

stay 

are 

got 

is 

of 

ten 

as 

had 

it 

on 

the 

at 

hand 

land 

or 

up 

band 

has 

law 

pay 

us 

big 

hat 

less 

play 

we 

boy 

he 

let 

put 

with 

did 

her 

lot 

ran 

yes 

do 

his 

may 

run 

yet 

end 

hot 

me 

saw 

you 

1  In  accordance  with  Webster's  New  International  Dictionary,  this 
book  has  inclose  spelled  with  the  initial  i  instead  of  the  alternative  form 
"  enclose  "  which  appears  in  the  Ayres  Scale. 


CHART   OF  VOCALS  AND   VOWEL   SUBSTITUTES 


Symbol 

Name 

Kbt  Word 

Substitute 
Symbol 

Kbt  Word 

I 

long 

mate 

e 

prey 

a 

short 

mat 

a 

medial 

ask 

a 

Italian 

ah,  far 

a 

circumflex 

care 

§ 

where 

a 

modified  long 

preface 

4 

obscured  medial 

sofa 

6 

long 

me 

[r 

seen 
marine 

6 

short 

met 

(a 

liar 

8 

tilde 

over 

k 

tapir 
sailor 

a 

modified  long 

create 

i 

long 

tine 

7 

my 

i 

short 

tin 

f 

abyss 

6 

long 

bone 

6 

short 

not 

& 

what 

5 

medial 

soft 

6 

broad 

nor 

(au,  aw 

fall 
author,  saw 

6 

modified  long 

obey 

oo 

long 

boot 

fo,  u 

jew  (after  r) 

do,  rude 
threw 

00 

short 

foot 

o,  u 

wolf,  push 

u 

long 

use,  tune 

ew 

few 

Tl 

short 

up 

6 

fs 

done 
fern 

K 

circumflex 

urge 

I 

I3 

bird 
work 

ft 

modified  long 

unite 

ou 

sound 

ow 

cow 

oi 

oil 

oy 

boy 

CHART   OF   CONSONANT   SOUNDS 

(Cognates  on  the  Same  Line) 


SUBVOCALS 

ASPIRATES 

Symbol 

Key  Word 

Substitute 

Symbol 

Key  Word 

Substitute 

b 

bet 

P 

pet 

a 

dot 

t 

tin 

sometimes  final  60L 

d 

verdure 

t 

nature 

g 

get 

k 
h 

kit 
hat 

e,  ck,  q 

J 

jet 

g,&g 

ch 

chin 

tch 

1 

lid 

1 

m 

mit 

n 

not 

n 

finger 

ng 

r 

rat,  tar 

th 

that 

th 

thin 

V 

vat 

f 

fat 

P^gb 

w 

woe 

u  (especially 
after  q) 

wh 

when 

5 

exist 

gz>  g§ 

X 

box 

ks,  es,  cks 

y 

yet 

i 

z 

buzz 

§ 

s 

sin 

Q 

z(h) 

azure 

§i  (followed 
byo) 

sh 

shot 

Qh;  alsoce,ci, 
si,  or  ti  (be- 
fore a  or  o) 

Italic  letters  are  silent. 


Webster's  New  International  Dictionary  is  followed  as  the  standard 
authority  in  spelling,  syllabication,  and  pronunciation.  To  avoid  confus- 
ing the  pupil,  only  the  preferred  spelling  or  pronunciation  is  given  in  the 
case  of  words  that  may  be  spelled  or  pronounced  in  more  than  one  way. 

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RULES  FOR  SPELLING 

1.  Final  y,  preceded  by  a  vowel,  is  retained  before  any 
suffix.1     Examples  :   played,  playful,  monkeys,  obeying. 

2.  Final  y,  preceded  by  a  consonant,  is  retained  before 
a  suffix  beginning  with  i,  but  is  changed  to  i  before  any 
other  suffix.2  Examples:  drying,  copyist;  dried,  dries, 
countries,  lazier,  lazily. 

3.  Final  e  is  retained  before  a  suffix  beginning  with  a 
consonant.3     Examples :    lovely,  movement,  wireless. 

4.  Final  e  is  usually  dropped  before  a  suffix  beginning 
with  a  vowel. 4  Examples :  loving,  movable,  noticing, 
changing.     But  : 

5.  In  endings  ce  and  ye,  final  e  is  retained  before  a  suf- 
fix beginning  with  a  or  o.  Examples:  noticeably,  change- 
able, outrageous. 

6.  In  endings  oe  and  ee,  final  e  is  retained  before  any 
suffix  except  one  beginning  with  e.  Examples:  hoeing, 
shoeing,  seeing ;  freer. 

7.  Final  ie  is  changed  to  y  before  a  suffix  beginning 
with  i.     Examples  :    dying,  lying. 

8.  Monosyllables  and  words  accented  on  the  last  syl- 
lable, ending  in  a  single  consonant  preceded  by  a  single 
vowel,  double  the  final  consonant  on  taking  a  suffix  begin- 
ning with  a  vowel.6  Examples:  stopping,  regrettable, 
preferred,  transferring,  excellent. 

9.  Words  do  not  double  a  final  single  consonant  on  tak- 
ing a  suffix  beginning  with  a  vowel,  if  the  final  consonant 
is  preceded  by  two  vowels,  or  if  the  word  is  accented  on  any 
syllable  except  the  last.6     Examples :    moaning,  traveling. 

1  Exceptions:  daily,  laid, paid,  said,  saith,  slain. 

2  Exceptions:  dryiy,  dryness,  shyly,  shyness,  slyly,  slyness;  beauteous, 
piteous,  bounteous,  plenteous,  duteous. 

8  Exceptions:  a&ridament,  acknowledgment,  judgment,  lodgment,  argu- 
ment, aiofnl,  duly,  duty,  truly,  wholly,  nursling,  wisdom. 

4  Exceptions :  acreage,  mileage,  singeing,  tingeing,  dyeing,  and  words 
covered  by  rules  5,  6,  and  7. 

6  Exceptions :  gases,  gaseous ;  chagrined;  preferable,  tninsfrrahle,  prefer- 
ence, and  other  derivatives  of  words  ending  in  -fer,  with  suffixes  other  than 
ed  and  \ng.     Final  x  is  never  doubled. 

•Exceptions:  cancelation,  tranquillity,  woolly;  derivatives  of  crystal, 
metal,  humbug,  and  periwig,  as  crystallize,  metallic,  htimbugged,  etc.  In 
quizzing,  equipped,  and  other  such  words,  the  u  is  not  really  a  vowel. 

10 


bread 


plum 
apple 


feel 
even 


SECTION   I 

1 

food 
save 


fruit 


meat 
beans 


The  boys  are  eating  bread  and  butter.     What  kind  of 
fruit  is  this  ? 


please 

went  take 

home  make 

sweet 

use  short 

key  story 

there 


soon 
bring 


hoe 
weed 


2 


write 


this 
those 


seeing 
getting 


3 


sugar 

hide  face 

hidden  nose 

here 

day       Sunday 
noon      Monday 


they 

harm  lamb 

foolish  kitten 


aunt 


send 
come 


air 
cool 


n 


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61 


forty 

two 

sweet           race 
sugar            fruit 

lazy              bent 
life                mask 

flour 

bake             here 
bread            there 

7 

making 
lock              taking 
fence            thread 

heard 

also               away 
about            above 

8 

early 

track            Thursday 
shower          Friday 

hundred 

9 

um  brel'la 

aunt             root 
mother         tender 

flax               leaf 
talk              straw 

always 

deep             they 
bottom         write 

lO 

break 
drag             camp 
stone            muddy 

Supplementary  Ex.  1:    Dictation 

Break,  break,  break, 

On  thy  cold  gray  stones,  0  sea! 

—  TENNY80N. 

1  Lessons  numbered  in  this  manner  are  to  be  given  Mondays. 

SECTION  I                                     13 

dear 

11 

women 

rice               please 

hope              shell 

flour              umbrella 

grand             hundred 

night 

12 

tried 

ever              lift 

two                making 

asleep           behind 

four               thinner 

music 

13 

hear 

boat               sink 

tie                  heard 

sank              float 

oar                 buzz 

know 

14 

ready 

west             wise 

eat                 dance 

want             walk 

drink             twelve 

blue 

15 

ever  y 

find                forty 

lesson            true 

break            drive 

always           helpless 

Supplementary  Ex.  2 :    Dictation 

There  are  many  flags  in  many  lands, 
There  are  flags  of  every  hue, 

But  there  is  no  flag,  however  grand, 
Like  our  own  Red,  White,  and  Blue. 


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16 

lose  any 

losing  able  tried  song 

few  women  hear  music 


pencil 

rust  brass 

thirty  dear 

pret'ty 
sang  clerk 

steam  know 

minute 
early  after 

ready  before 

a  gain' 
belt  front 

yellow  house 


17 


shoes 

reap  fork 


gather 


night 


18 


flow'er 

yard  blue 

price 


19 


20 


narrow 


up  stairs' 

neat  folded 

finger  pocket 

field 

first  act 

follow  body 


Supplementary  Ex.  3:    5,  as  in  at.      Short  a 

back  than  add  glad 

crack  black  sand'y  whack 

Find  words  on  pages  46  to  49  in  which  a  occurs. 


SECTION  I 


15 


21 

yes'ter  day  catch 

tea  any  pretty  lose 

minute  anyway  anything       pencil 

22 

threw  golden 

kept  sixty  seat  clover 

term  twenty  every  flower 

She  threw  the  blue  flower  away. 
23 


close 

does 

time              lamp 
clock             shade 

fear               fret 
dream           gasp 

quite 
born              burn 
have              store 

24 

seems 

warm            grapes 
upstairs        berries 

wear 

25 

tear 

shoes             boot 
shine             tight 

moss             stove 
formed          summer 

You  may  wear  your  new  dress  if  you  will  not  tear  it. 

Supplementary  Hx.  4:  Dictation 
Even  a  child  is  known  by  his  doings,  whether  his  work 
be  pure  and  whether  it  be  right —  Proverbs. 


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26 


whole 

done 

threw             field 

does               again 

catch              yesterday 

plow              golden 

Did  he  plow  the  whole  field  yesterday  ? 

tired 

27 

saucy 

book              close 

coat               wear 

bench            quite 

tear                worn 

friend 

28 

some 

part               tart 

little              wink 

start              cook 

29 

mouse            itself 

figure 

corning 

skin               hair 

lark               taste 

spin                mouth 

cattle             pear 

a  fraid' 

30 

floor 

scare              hurry 

chalk             door 

snake             rattle 

silver             limb 

Supplementary  Ex.  5:   8  as  in  niCt.      Short  e 

cents  best  desk  n8xt 

spgnt  steps  held  dress 

Find  words  on  pages  46  to  49  in  which  8  occurs. 


SECTION  I                                    1 

cellar 

31 

bit'ten 

good              friend 

saucy            some 

whole            coming 

seems            prunes 

ninth 

32 

week 

full               eggs 

cash               kind 

smoke           done 

cent               figure 

great 

33 

e  nough' 

lady               sung 

oak                beech 

tired              madam 

acorn             spruce 

Cheat  oaks  from  little  acorns  grow. 
34 

el'e  phant  bridge 

carry  strap  blow  care 

stamp  broke  tumble  blossom 

36 

useful  office 

note  south  dirt  high 

swan  winter  dirty  fresh 


Supplementary  Ex.  6:  Dictation 

How  far  that  little  candle  throws  his  beams! 
So  shines  a  good  deed  in  a  naughty  world. 

—  Shakespeare. 


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36 


just 

room  great 

cellar  elephant 

worse 
worst  both 

myself  queer 

bacon 

think  block 

hurt  count 

lounge 
other  below 

week  brave 


37 


38 


39 


eight 

bitten  floor 

afraid  bridge 

wheat 

bird  ninth 

shears  enough 

knob 

pupil  class 

herself  near 

through 
cage  wolf 


bear 


claws 


A  bird  flew  through  the  open  door. 


Supplementary  Ex.  7:    I  as  in  it;    y  as  in  myth.      Short  i 

bit'ter  whiff  live  cit'y 

sim' pie  big'ger  Its  ba'by 

Find  words  on  pages  46  to  49  in  which  I  occurs. 
Supplementary  Ex.  8:  Dictation 

Dare  to  be  true:  nothing  can  need  a  lie; 
A  fault,  which  needs  it  most,  grows  two  thereby. 

—  Herbert. 


SECTION  I 

19 

40 

FIRST   SPELLING   CONTEST 

bread 

fruit 

please 

write 

sweet 

sugar 

there 

here 

they 

aunt 

forty 

two 

flour 

making 

heard 

early 

hundred 

umbrella 

always 

break 

dear 

women 

night 

tried 

music 

hear 

know 

ready 

blue 

every 

lose 

any 

pencil 

shoes 

pretty 

flower 

minute 

upstairs 

again 

field 

yesterday 

catch 

threw 

golden 

close    . 

does 

quite 

seems 

wear 

tear 

whole 

done 

tired 

saucy 

friend 

some 

figure 

coming 

afraid 

floor 

cellar 

bitten 

ninth 

week 

great 

enough 

elephant 

bridge 

useful 

office 

just 

eight 

worse 

wheat 

bacon 

knob 

loung 

e 

throug 

h 

Note.  —  Add  other  words  which  have  been  misspelled 
during  the  past  two  months. 


20 


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41 


pitch'er 

bought 

pull                teach 

hoping           office 

upward          wheat 

42 

hopping         useful 

or'ange 

col'or 

park               love 

just                trade 

breeze            lovely 

hoof               bacon 

sur  prise' 

43 

mail 

gave               cabin 

tidy                sweep 

eight              lounge 

clean              broom 

running 

44 

laugh 

cape               knit 

knob               cloth 

button            knitted 

45 

jacket            cotton 

once 

o'clock' 

leak               thaw 

flow                 worse 

through          sleet 

water              dipper 

Supplementary  Ex. 

9:  Dictation 

God  made  the  sky  that  looks  so  blue ; 

He  made  the  grass  so  green ; 

He  made  the  flowers  that  smell  so  sweet, 

In  pretty  color 

seen, 

—  Jane  Taylor. 

SECTION  I                                    21 

leaves 

46 

broad 

bought            running 

mail                begin 

pitcher           surprise 

letter              laugh 

break'fast 

47 

muffin 

rode                color 

white              bright 

path                berry 

dishes             brown 

un'cle 

48 

kitch'en 

yell                 cried 

sleep              need 

help               weep 

sheep             peep 

noise 

49 

crumbs 

paid                sold 

slice                shall 

town               give 

orange            chew 

car'ried 

50 

pic'ture 

baking           crust 

goose              spell 

pudding         heat 

dinner             butter 

Supplementary  Ex.  10 :   5  as  in  on ;   a  as  in  what.      Short  o 

box  top  was  swan 

stop  office  wasp  squat 

Find  words  on  pages  46  to  49  in  which  8  occurs. 


22  NEW  CHAMPION  SPELLING  BOOK 

51 


hatch'et 

hav'ing 

noise            broad 

muffin           crumbs 

uncle            o'clock 

kitchen         breakfast 

52 

a  mong' 

be  gin'ning 

fried             work 

more             once 

fright           flame 

most              warp 

lone'some 

53 

oat'meal 

glue              kick 

cloud             storm 

melt             thick 

burst            leaves 

a'pron 

54 

wool'en 

wife             took 

third             fifty 

twice            fifth 

number         fourteen 

chase 

55 

bush'es 

wore             stiff 

joyful            keep 

core              single 

spring           having 

Supplementary  Ex.  11 :    u  as  in   up  ;    6  as  in  son.      Short  U 
rust  cut  ton  comes 


must 


club 


shov'ing 


can' non 


Find  words  on  pages  46  to  49  in  which  u  occurs. 


SECTION  I 
56 

stitch  scratch 

papa  picture  carried  mile 

hatchet  lonesome       beginning      east 

A  stitch  in  time  saves  nine. 
57 


23 


be  tween' 

chief 

sheet              shirt 

tore                stir 

among           spool 

• 

58 

apron             oatmeal 

ver'y 

man'y 

gate               link 

name             split 

hinge             girl 

59 

sir                  wood 

coax 

neigh  'bor 

page              till 

stood              clip 

nice               cost 

60 

stoop             shod 

laid 

caught 

grab               snap 

cross              strike 

pinch             chase 

mean             kicked 

Supplementary  Ex.  12 :  Dictation 

For  manners  are  not  idle,  but  the  fruit 
Of  loyal  nature,  and  of  noble  mind. 


—  Tennyson. 


24  NEW  CHAMPION  SPELLING  BOOK 

61 


piece 

stitch  coax 

bushes  woolen 

too 

inch  jerk 

square  throw 

stud'y 

chain  bait 

whale  caught 


buck'et 


creep 
spider 


crept 
stuck 


brought 
flew  wasp 

wren  sting 


63 


64 


said 

scratch  chief 

between        neighbor 

bus'y 

eye  foot 

many  very 

nap'kin 
bound  swell 

large  pride 

pour 

trap  rude 

funny  struck 


65 


join 
flies 


knives 

knife 
knee 


Supplementary  Ex.  13:   Homonyms 

flour,  flower  here,  hear  be,  bee  to,  too,  two 

Bread  is  made  of  flour.  I  have  a  red  flower.  Here  is  a 
bee.  Can  you  hear  it  buzz  ?  Please  be  still.  I  shall  try 
to  be  still.     She  is  too  tall.     Here  are  two  bees. 


SECTION  I                                    25 

66 

chil'dren 

cushion 

child              study 

laid                said 

piece              studied 

busy              pour 

half 

67 

hour 

goes               hang 

pushed          too 

least              napkin 

into                strong 

thim'ble 

68 

writing 

twig               line 

look               lying 

brush             bucket 

knives           bump 

cen'tral 

69 

lan'tern 

ice                 year 

free                rent 

played           maple 

blame            charge 

sau'cer 

70 

used 

swung           lucky 

gentle           over 

around          halter 

kindness       manner 

He  used  to  study  i 

m  hour  before  breakfast. 

Supplementary  Ex.  14:  Dictation 

I  pray  the  prayer  of  Plato  old, — 
God  make  thee  beautiful  within, 

And  let  thine  eyes  the  good  behold 
In  everything  save  sin.  —  Whittier. 


26  NEW  CHAMPION  SPELLING   BOOK 

71 

chim'ney 

lantern  children 

cushion  writing 

72 

pic'nic 

drove  smile 

morning        trying 

73 

knew 
spade  rear 

gravel  thimble 

74 

quar'ter 

army  drill 

battle  frost 


crook'ed 

that  central 

then  brought 

squir'rel 

untie  bath 

puppy  barber 

school 

stuff  paint 

stain  quart 

com'pa  ny 

hour  half 

alone  tenth 


village 

dollar  slant 

found  grant 


75 


built 

light  like 


robe 


fond 


Suggestion  :  Spell  much  orally.  Drill  frequently  on  the 
short  vowel  sounds,  that  pupils  may  readily  recognize 
them.  Attend  carefully  to  the  correct  pronunciation  of 
all  words,  and  make  sure  that  their  meaning  and  syllabi- 
cation are  understood. 


wrote 

crooked 
squirrel 

gone 

knew 
forget 

eas'y 
picnic 
stockings 

much 

lived 
began 


school 
company 


SECTION  I 
76 

rinse 

quarter  used 


27 


wire 


saucer 


77 


hold 
screw 


feet 
feed 


paper 
picked 


78 


79 


lis'ten 
ashes  earn 

chimney        learn 

shelves 
cloves  soak 

pepper  smell 

shin'ing 

rabbit  horn 

scamper        meet 


Supplementary  Ex.  15  :  kitch'en    ar'ti  cles 

skillet  knives  forks 

platters  spoons  dishes 


grater 
strainer 


Supplementary  Ex.  16  :   Homonyms 

hole,  whole       no,  know  see,  sea  our,  hour 

meet,  meat       new,  knew       threw,  through         bear,  bare 

Use  all  these  words  in  sentences  ;  for  example  :  See  the 
hole  in  my  stocking.  Give  her  the  whole  cake.  Let  us 
meet  here.     His  arms  are  bare. 


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80 
SECOND   SPELLING   CONTEST 


pitcher 

bought 

orange 

color 

surprise 

mail 

running 

laugh 

once 

o'clock 

leaves 

broad 

breakfast 

muffin 

uncle 

kitchen 

noise 

crumbs 

carried 

picture 

hatchet 

having 

among 

beginning 

lonesome 

oatmeal 

apron 

woolen 

chase 

bushes 

stitch 

scratch 

between 

chief 

very 

many 

coax 

neighbor 

laid 

caught 

piece 

said 

too 

busy 

study 

napkin 

bucket 

pour 

brought 

knives 

children 

cushion 

half 

hour 

thimble 

writing 

central 

lantern 

saucer 

used 

crooked 

chimney 

squirrel 

picnic 

school 

knew 

company 

quarter 

village 

built 

wrote 

rinse 

gone 

listen 

easy 

shelves 

much 

shining 

} 

Note.  — . 

Add  other  words  which  have  been  misspelled 

during  the  past  two  months. 


SECTION  I 


29 


doc'tor 


poor 
lean 


build 
built 


81 


says 

vest  grunt 

shut  scream 


knead 
loaf  village 

easy  team 

stop'ping 


quit 
offer 


gift 

check 


would 

should  pump 

shining  frame 

qui'et 
shelf  mixed 

shelves  cheese 


83 


84 


for'est 

brood  rinse 

gone  scowl 

nine'ty 

listen  left  , 

wrote  stole 

could 

three  taffy 


blade 


much 


85 


coach 

sour  lump 

cream  grow 


Supplementary  Ex.  17:    farm'er         plan  taction 

clover  silo  lawn  patch 

daisies  vineyard  stubble  shrubs 

Pupils  may  make  a  list  of  articles  in  the  school. 


30             NEW  CHAMPION  SPELLING  BOOK 

Tues'day 

86 

dan'de  li  on 

cane               knead 
would            stoppin 

g 

doctor            forest 
could              happy 

boughs 

87 

been 

seain             loss 
sleeve            ninety 

latch              beat 
match             blaze 

their 

88 

mur'mur 

chirp             test 
chatter          says 

pony               enter 
bridle             stable 

good-by' 
dove              goat 
robin             plant 

89 

to-night' 

brook              grain 
farmer            ground 

no'tice 

nail                quick 
pound            dizzy 

90 

emp'ty 

bunch             alike 
nearly            equal 

Supplementary  Ex.  18 :    Homonyms 

there,  their         bow,  bough         ring,  wring       so,  sew 
ate,  eight  need,  knead        beat,  beet  seem,  seam 

Use  all  these  words  in  sentences ;  for  example :  He  will 
go  there  soon.     They  are  eating  their  dinner. 


SECTION  I  31 

91 

padlock  pan'try 

pluck  their  coach  been 

Tuesday        ears  dandelion      boughs 

92 

hun'gry  ker'nel 

to-day  Easter  quiet  rich 

to-night         church  murmur         green 

93 

knelt  po  lite' 

felt  shoot  draw  fling 

nudge  reach  drew  hammer 

94 

re  view'  scorch 

queen  drank  glitter  quill 

nation  good-by  throne  rule 

95 

moist  nei'ther 

hoop  agree  merry  curl 

crook  settle  glance  maid 


Supplementary  Ex.  19:    Pronunciation  and  Word  Building 

tap,      tape  man,  mane  spin,  spine 

cap,      cape  can,    cane  din,    dine 

scrap,  scrape  pan,    pane  bit,     bite 

Teachers  and  pupils  may  add  to  this  list. 


32             NEW  CHAMPION  SPELLING  BOOK 

straight 

notice            knelt 
padlock          hungry 

96 

ought 

empty            polite 
pantry            kernel 

waist 

97 

« 
prompt 

oil                   copper 
coal                across 

review            roar 
beyond           sprang 

coun'try 

98 

cit'ies 

owe                rush 
own                scorch 

crawl              city 
ladder            tardy 

fair 

99 

ex  cuse' 

open               within 
knock             without 

wipe               tire 
wring             hire 

la'dies 

lOO 

pleas'ant 

bold                either 
forward          neither 

scar                date 
round             second 

Supplementary  Ex.  20:   Pronunciation  and  "Word  Building 

bad  bed  bid  bud 

bat  bet  bit  but 

ham  hem  him  hum 

Teachers  and  pupils  may  add  to  this  list. 


SECTION  I  33 

lOl 

mon'ey  share 

moist  waist  mash  cities 

country  straight  ought  prompt 

102 

onion  thou'sand 

wind  fair  tick  fourth 

blew  excuse  feather  verse 

103 

soap  vel'vet 

place  nothing  mast  icy 

ridge  something      cling  chilly 

104 

touch  veil 

rain  globe  calf  heel 

shady  earth  horse  right 

This  horse  is  all  right. 
105 

thirteen  weigh 

father  God  toss  praise 

consent  staff  whirl  banner 


Supplementary  Ex.  21:   Groups   all,  alk,  uff,  ish 

all  fall  talk  cuff  fish 

ball  tall  walk  buff  dish 

call  small  chalk  snuff  wish 

Teachers  and  pupils  may  add  to  these  lists. 


34  NEW  CHAMPION  SPELLING  BOOK 

106 


fam'i  \j 

ba  na'na 

money          onion 

ladies           velvet 

share            peel 

pleasant       thousand 

ug'iy 

107 

pad'dle 

common       joke 

crowd            speck 

sense            shame 

touch            soap 

an'i  mal 

108 

braid 

quilt             veil 

who               spoke 

spread          soft 

why              praised 

buy 

109 

steak 

street            howl 

fire                shape 

road              clatter 

flash              puzzle 

ex  plain' 

no 

hand'ful 

pond             better 

order             sent 

stories          plume 

onward          trunk 

Supplementary  Ex.  22  :    Groups  ell,  <>/<L  ame,  ill 

fell  gold  came  fill  wiU 

well  cold  lame  kill  still 

tell  told  same  bill  chill 

Teachers  and  pupils  may  add  to  these  lists. 


SECTION  I 
111 


35 


twen'ty-one' 
family  weigh 

thirteen         animal 


rough 


buy 
bleed 


case 
wash 


prom  lse 

from  bare 

gruff  cheap 

while 

racket  die 

mumps         gas 

whose 
stalk  shore 

snail  beach 


head 

heart  braid 

banana        paddle 

112 


stem 
when 


bath'ing 
deny 
ugly 


113 

voice 

salt  halt 

steak  march 


114 


for  got'ten 

sick  report 

starve  sometimes 


115 


valley 

idle  stew 

cripple         slowly 


Supplementary  Ex.  23  :   Dictation 

Who  has  iseen  the  wind  ? 

Neither  you  nor  I. 
But  when  the  trees  bow  down  their  heads 

The  wind  is  passing  by.  — Christina  Rossetti. 


36  NEW  CHAMPION  SPELLING  BOOK 

116 

o'cean  ol'ive 

explain  rough  head  voice 

twenty-one    promise         handful         bathing 

117 


tick'et 

twe 

lfth 

fold                valley 

arch 

loud 

string             forgotten 

chant 

sound 

118 

whis'tle 

search 

hiss                off 

ragged 

while 

talked            taken 

playmate 

active 

119 

al'ley 

often 

list                 whose 

low 

hollow 

blank             whom 

grove 

willow 

Supplementary  Ex.  24 : 

Phonetic  Groups 

ash               them           sing 
lash              hem             ring 
cash             stem            fling 
dash            gem            sling 
flash            shed            spring 
mash            sled             king 
sash             fled             sting 
smash          bled            swing 

cog 

bog 

fog 

frog 

log 

flog 

jog 
hog 

cutter 

butter 

gutter 

mutter 

putter 

stutter 

shutter 

sputter 

Teachers  and  pupils  may 

make  other  £i 

•oups. 

SECTION  I 

37 

: 

120 

THIRD   SPELLING  CONTEST 

says 

doctor 

knead 

forest 

stopping 

ninety 

would 

could 

• 

quiet 

coach 

Tuesday 

dandelion 

boughs 

been 

their 

murmur 

good-by 

to-night 

notice 

empty 

padlock 

pantry 

hungry 

kernel 

knelt 

polite 

review 

scorch 

moist 

neither 

straight 

ought 

waist 

prompt 

country 

cities 

fair 

excuse 

ladies 

pleasant 

money 

share 

onion 

thousand 

soap 

velvet 

touch 

veil 

thirteen 

weigh 

family 

banana 

ugly 

paddle 

animal 

braid 

buy 

steak 

explain 

handful 

twenty-one 

head 

rough 

bathing 

promise 

voice 

while 

forgotten 

whose 

valley 

ocean 

olive 

ticket 

twelfth 

whistle 

search 

alley 

often 

Note.  —  Add  other  words  which  have  been  misspelled 
during  the  past  two  months. 


38  NEW  CHAMPION  SPELLING  BOOK 

121 


dodge 

roll               cliflf 
bullet           clung 

tool 
chest 

double 
load 
meal 

• 
bury 

122 

center 

plain             boil 
glossy           task 

spoil 
ocean 

olive 
thank 

parents 

123 

con  tror 

cheat            only 
never            safely 

ours                  ticket 
twelfth             spelling 

cot'tage 

wild              long 
perch            lost 

124 

stairs 
steep 

for  give' 

search 
whistle 

ech'o 
slide             form 
distance       shadow 

125 

alley 
often 

greedy 

else 
each 

Supplementary  Ex.  25 :   Dictation 

Each  little  flower  that  opens, 

Each  little  bird  that  sings  — 

He  made  their  glowing  colors, 

He  made  their  tiny  wings.  — Mrs.  Alexander. 


SECTION  I  39 

126 

mis  take'  naugh'ty 

dodge  bury  double  center 

cottage         parents         forgive  control 

127 

heav'y  co'zy 

gown  neck  post  haste 

fancy  ribbon  side  further 

128 

per'fect  nick'el 

glide  smart  ship  rung 

north  cunning        behave  crafty 

129 

meant  fought 

loan  blind  frail  limb 

cloak  stare  beggar  tramp 

130 

shak'en  spar'row 

tablet  bone  rake  pass 

rubber  candy  hook  passed 


Supplementary  Ex.  26  :    Homonyms 

bury,  berry         one,  won  blue,  blew       by,  buy 

right,  write         made,  maid        rode,  road        beech,  beach 
Use  all  these  words  in  sentences  ;  for  example  :  Where 
did  they  bury  him  ?     This  berry  is  blue. 


40 


NEW  CHAMPION  SPELLING  BOOK 
131 

sneeze 

greedy  cozy 

naughty        invite 

132 


swal'low 

echo  heavy 

mistake        perfect 


board 


drab 
fought 


mine 
middle 


mam 
branch 


cur'tain 

scum 
scrap 


point 

nickel  woke 

meant  awake 

which 
aside  growl 

person  prowl 


133 


be  cause' 

shock  visit 

shove  cheer 


134 


chap'ter 

crank  outside 

skate  sprinkle 


135 


Wednes'day  Sat'ur  day 

spare  wagon  ride  sign 

manger         slept 


moment 


rest 


Supplementary  Ex.  27  :   a  as  in  ah,  car.      Italian  a 

arm  dark  card  calf 

far  bark  hard  sharp' en 

Find  words  on  pages  46  to  49  in  which  a  occurs. 


SECTION  I                                   41 

di  vide' 

136 

el'bow 

shaken         because 

tail                  lace 

swallow        board 

sparrow          curtain 

m    . 

137 

fret'ful 

sneeze          wheel 
chapter        yonder 

pork                 shop 
brute               wooden 

knot 

138 

maid'en 

dash             were 

down               seven 

cure              brick 

wished             eleven 

loose 

139 

obey 

lake              late 

torn                 claim 

drown           opening 

skirt                renew 

nine'teen 

140 

par'rot 

rare              point 
sofa              under 

Saturday         return 
Wednesday     wanted 

Supplementary  Ex.  28:   a  as  in  task.      Medial  a 

bath  cast  ask  bas'ket 

nas'ty  last  glass  danc'er 

Find  words  on  pages  46  to  49  in  which  a  occurs. 


42             NEW  CHAMPION  SPELLING  BOOK 

re  cite' 

141 

screen 

divide            knot 

lily                fretful 

which            elbow 

clay               maidei 

ze'ro 

142 

whis'per 

force              loose 
tame              stand 

graze             gaze 
unkind          awful 

yarn 

143 

wonder 

eaten             roast 

obey              turn 

sauce             crumbles 

grew              dare 

fair'y 

144 

bundle 

chair              drop 
forgot            plate 

fact                porch 
thing             swept 

don't 

145 

can't 

snare             sore 

cannot           treat 

screen            spray 

clear              spend 

Supplementary  Ex.  29:    6  as  in  lord;    6  as  in  loss.      Broad  O 
and  Medial  o 
for  cord  tossed  dog 

nor  broad  long'er  soft'ly 

Find  words  on  pages  46  to  49  in  which  5  occurs. 


SECTION  I                                    43 

146 

hon'ey 

iron 

yarn              zero 

known           recite 

nineteen       parrot 

whisper         wonder 

147 

monkey 

edge 

gray               table 

tooth              king 

nurse             couch 

sharp            power 

148 

outward 

poem 

charm            whip 

camel            serve 

plump           strung 

bundle          looked 

149 

pre  fer' 

re  ward' 

read               seen 

show             toes 

speak            seemed 

shawl            cricket 

150 

scatter  thought 

worm  strain  lion  your 

smash  teacher  upon  rose 


Supplementary  Ex.  30  :   Dictation 

Isn't  it,  my  boy  or  girl, 

The  wisest,  bravest  plan, 
Whatever  comes  or  doesn't  come, 

To  do  the  best  you  can  ?  —  Phoebe  Cary. 


44             NEW  CHAMPION  SPELLING  BOOK 

where 

151 

truth 

seed              monkey 

iron                poem 

honey            outward 

fairy               edge 

view 

152 

worth 

grade             stayed 

begun             prize 

prefer            careful 

stopped          reward 

watch 

153 

breast 

pint               can't 

don't              hump 

platter           won't 

doesn't           wide 

thief 

154 

length 

wave              pity 

snow               thrush 

fort                sorry 

blood              thrash 

155 

a  gainst' 

wrong 

trip                along 

given              handle 

strip              belong 

fable               broken 

156 

young 

peo'ple 

where            view 

truth               worth 

scatter           watch 

thought          breast 

SECTION  I      *                            45 

157 

move 

chick'en 

length 

sister 

woman          vast 

pointer 

brother 

mamma         past 

158 

be  side' 

Feb'ru  a  ry 

twist 

thief 

month            March 

rolled 

warn 

January         April 

159 

daily 

choice 

May 

July 

September     November 

June 

August 

October         December 

Abbreviations  :   Jan.  Feb.  Mar.  Apr.  Aug.  Sept.  Oct. 

Nov.  Dec. 

160 

FOURTH   SPELLING   CONTEST 

dodge 

double 

bury            center 

parents 

control 

cottage        forgive 

echo 

greedy 

mistake       naughty 

heavy 

cozy 

perfect         nickel 

meant 

fought 

i  shaken         sparrow 

swallow 

sneeze 

board           curtain 

point 

because 

which          chapter 

Wednesday    Saturday     divide          elbow 

lily      ' 

fretful 

knot            maiden 

loose 

obey 

nineteen      parrot 

46             ] 

STEW  CHAMPION 

SPELLING 

BOOK 

recite 

screen 

zero 

whisper 

yarn 

wonder 

fairy 

bundle 

don't 

can't 

honey 

iron 

monkey 

edge 

outward 

poem 

prefer 

reward 

scatter 

thought 

where 

truth 

view 

worth 

watch 

breast 

thief 

length 

against 

wrong 

young 

people 

move 

chicken 

beside 

February 

daily 

choice 

Note.  —  Add  other  words  which  have  been  misspelled 
during  the  past  two  months. 

ANNUAL   SPELLING   CONTEST 


a  fraid' 

ba'con 

board 

brdught 

a  gain' 1 

ba  na'na 

bough§ 

biick'et 

a  gainst' 2 

bath'ing 

bdught 

bwilt 

al'fey 

be  cause' 

braid 

btin'dle 

al'ways 

been4 

bread 

bur'y5 

a  mong' 

be  gin'mng 

break 

bush'es 

&n'i  mal 

bS  side' 

brgak'fast 

bus'y6 

an'y3 

bS  tween' 

breast 

buy 

a'pron 

bit'ten 

bridge 

can't 

awnt 

blue 

br6ad 

c^r'  r  led 

'A|fo'. 


•agfiiist'. 


»  6n'J\ 


♦bin. 


«Wr7. 


•blz'y. 


SECTION  I 


47 


catch 

eo'zy 

cau^At 

ero&k'ed 

gel'/ar 

erumftg 

gen'ter 

eur'tain 

gen'tral 

cushion 

chap'ter 

dai'ly 

chase 

dan'delion 

chick 'en 

dear 

chief 

dl  vide' 

chil'dren 

doe'tQr 

chim'ney 

dodge 

choige 

does 

git'ies 

done 

close  * 

z 

don't 

coach 

dou'ble 

coax 

gar'ly 

col'5r 

eas'y 

com'ing 

ecA'o 

cora'pa  ny 

edge 

con  trol' 

eight 

cottage 

el'bow 

eoulA 

el'e  phant 

eoun'try 

einp'ty 

e  noiigh' 

ev'er  y 

ex  euse'2 

ex  plain' 

fair 

f^'r'y 

family 

Feb'ruary 

field 

fig'ure 

floor 

flour 

flow'er 

for'est 

for  give' 

for  gotten 

f&r'ty 

iftught 

fret'ful 

friend 

fruit 

gold'en 

gone 


go&d-by' 

great 

greed 'y 

haft 

hand'ful 

hatch'et 

hav'ing 

head 

hear 

heard 

heav'y 

here 

hon'ey 

Aour 

hiin'dred 

hun'gry 

I'ron 3 

just 

ker'nel 

kitch'Sn 

&nead 

fenelt 

knew 


1  verb  ;  adjective  is  elose.       »  noun ;  verb  is  ex  «&§«'.       »  i'urn. 


48 


NEW  CHAMPION  SPELLING  BOOK 


Amiveg 

moist 

of'fiqe 

point 

knob 

mon'ey 

8f7en 

pS  lite' 

&not 

mon'key 

ol'ive 

powr 

know 

move 

onge8 

pre  fer' 

la'dieg 

much 

on 'ion 

pretty5 

laid 

miif'/in 

or'ange4 

prom'ise 

Ian 'tern 

mur'mur 

Qught 

prompt 

laugh 

mti'sie 

out' ward 

qu&r'ter 

leaveg 

nap'kin 

p&d'dle 

qui'et 

length 

nauo/A'ty 

pad'lock 

quite 

lil'y 

neigh'b&Y 

pan 'try 

rgad'y 

listen 

nei'thgr 

pfir'ents 

re  §Ite' 

lone 'some 

nick 'el 

p^r'rot 

rg  view' 

loose 

night 

pen'gil 

re  ward' 

loge 

nine'teen 

peo'ple 

rinse 

lounge 

nine'ty 

per'feet 

rough 

maid 'en 

ninth 

pie'nie 

running 

mail 

noise 

pie'ture 

said6 

mak'ing 

no'tige 

piege 

Sat'ur  d% 

man'y1 

oat'mgal 

pitch 'er 

sau'§er 

m&mt 

Sbe#' 

pleag'ant 

sau'gy 

min'ute2 

o'cean 

pipage 

says7 

mis  take' 

S'elSck' 

po'em 

scatter 

1mSn'J'.       *  rain 'It.        »  win^e.        *  ftr'Snj. 


prlt'J. 


•sSd. 


*«5z. 


SECTION  I 

49 

school 

sur  prise' 

twelfth 

wheat 

se6rch 

swal7ow 

twen'ty-one'3  where 

scratch 

sweet 

two 

which 

screen 

tear 

Qg'iy 

while 

search 

ti&iv 

iim  brel7a 

whis'per 

seems 

thgre 

iin'ele 

whistle 

shaken 

the?/ 

iip  stairs' 

whole 

share 

thief 

used 

whose 

shelves 

thim'ble 

use'ful 

wom'en4 

shm'ing 

thir'teen 

val7ey 

won'der 

shoes 

ihftught 

veil 

wool'en 

sneeze 

thou' sand 

vel'vet 

w5rse 

soap 

threw 2 

ver'y 

worth 

some 

through 

view 

would 

spar'row 

tick'et 

village 

write 

squir'rel 

tired 

voige 

writing 

steak 

to-ni^At' 

waist 

wrong 

stitch 

too 

watch 

wrote 

stopping 

touch 

we&r 

yarn 

straight 

tried 

Wednes'd% 

yes'ter  d% 

stud'y 

truth 

week 

young 

sug'Sx1      Tues'd%    weigh 


ze'ro 


Note.  —  Review  in  oral  contest  also  other  words  which 
have  been  misspelled  during  the  year. 


1  shdftg'er. 


2  throS. 


3  -wun. 


*  wim'Sn. 


SECTION   II 

1 


ac'ci  dent 

voice  crush 

called  unwind 


band'age 

glare  bald 

stage  comb 


The  accident  to  the  train  was  caused  by  a  broken  rail. 
Put  a  new  bandage  on  his  right  arm. 


arc'tic 


2 


beau'ty 


oven              toast 

oval              cream 

cherry           lunch 

bowl              mouthful 

bis'cuit 

3 

ca  na'ry 

drift              beside 

dawn             toad 

stream          danger 

evening        color 

di  vi'sion 

4 

ac  cuse' 

reply             news 
write             direct 

apart             greet 
different       friend 

poul'try 

5 

health'y 

rally             urge 
pitcher         baseball 

glove             fair 
curve            umpire 

50 

ina  chine' 

biscuit  river 

accident        arctic 


SECTION  II  51 

jour'ney 

beauty  canary 

division        bandage 


po  ta'toes 

accuse  potato 

birthday       poultry 


lem  on  ade' 


geese 
market 


arrest 
driven 


or'chard 


jelly 
plenty 


carve 
sugar 


ques'tion 

gain  huge 

bought  trace 


8 


9 


wal'nut 


amuse 
healthy 

niece 
steal 
chance 


field 
barrel 


purse 
stolen 


pack'age 


rye 
oats 


soup 
bread 


10 


rea  son 

these  said 

rather  golden 


Supplementary  Ex.  1 :    a  as  in  pay ;   e  as  in  prey.     Long  a 

James  fa/tal  obey'  skein 

age  la/bel  veil'ing  neighbor 

Find  words  on  pages  85  to  88  in  which  a  occurs. 
1  Lessons  numbered  in  this  manner  are  to  be  given  Mondays. 


52  NEW  CHAMPION  SPELLING  BOOK 

11 


sub  tract' 

kettle  niece 

orchard       package 

un  rav'el 

travel  train 

bushes         swift 

a  loud' 
world  state 

share  many 

ci'pher 
copy  plan 

iceberg        sight 


dec'i  mal 


pray 
preach 


jeer 
dunce 


tim'id 
walnut  does 

potatoes        journey 

12 

wrin'kle 
point  leaves 

against  happiness 

13 

bash'ful 

sport  duty 

Christmas      machine 

14 

cray'on 
slope  says 

range  lemonade 

15 

ex  act' 

stylish  shun 

Tuesday         disobey 


Supplementary  Ex.  2  :    c  as  in  me  ;    ee  as  in  feet :    l  as  in 
police.     Long  e 

here  re'al  tree  ra  vine' 

de'cent  de'i  ty  street  ma  chine' 

Find  words  on  pages  85  to  88  in  which  e  occurs. 


SECTION  II 
16 


53 


au'tumn  weath'er 

bashful  unravel  aloud  timid 

question        subtract        reason  wrinkle 

17 


dead 

deaf 

turf                word 

rash               omit 

pretty           false 

threat            cipher 

taught 

18 

lov'a  ble 

kneel             Bible 

blizzard         fasten 

climb             honest 

19 

harvest          crayon 

may 'or 

neph'ew 

closet             tiny 

fern               type 

bedroom        moth 

wove              firm 

e  reef 

20 

de  scribe' 

gnat              hear 

either            eddy 

head              fowl 

neither          bridge 

Supplementary  Ex.  3:    Dictation 

1.  There  is  no  such  thing  as  bad  weather,  only  differ- 
ent kinds  of  good  weather.  —  Ruskin. 

2.  He  that  is  slow  to  anger  is  better  than  the  mighty ; 
and  he  that  ruleth  his  spirit  than  he  that  taketh  a  city. 

—  Proverbs. 


54              NEW  CHAMPION  SPELLING  BOOK 

ex  cite' 

21 

fringe 

autumn        hail 

exact           deaf 

decimal        lovable 

mayor          dead 

cough 

22 

hy'phen 

beak             brow 

hour            weather 

unhook         clasp 

taught         Saturday 

breath 

23 

breathe 

choke           cramp 

such             tried 

throat           scratch 

much           nephew 

grease 

24 

mul'ti  ply 

glow             blush 

pour            largest 

rage              cheeks 

streak          bathroom 

nickname 

25 

oys'ter 

sheaf            scent 

excuse          used 

jumped         shrub 

astride          divide 

Please  notice  the  scent  of  this  shrub. 

Supplementary  Ex.  4 :   I  as  in  Ice  ;   y  as  in  my.      Long  i 
I' da  ride  ti'ny  style 

file  dln'er  ty'ing  re  ply' 

Find  words  on  pages  85  to  88  in  which  I  occurs. 


SECTION  II 
26 


55 


pump'kin 

breath         excite 
cough  fringe 

'sep'a  rate 

grease         verb 
hardware    erect 

sure 
arise  chaff 

roost  wheat 

wait'er 

frock  dial 

thorn  arrow 

at  tack' 

heal  jerked 


wound 


careless 


re  gion 

breathe        gosling 
describe       hyphen 


27 


toilet 

inside  scald 

inward         underneath 


28 


vi'o  let 


crazy 
insane 


worry 
multiply 


29 


yield 

isle  where 

valley  corner 

30 

buckle 

fight  ugly 

stray  beast 


His  wounds  will  soon  heal. 


Supplementary  Ex.  5  :    d  as  in  ho.      Long  O 
old  rope  gro'cer  score 

ago'  mo'ment  shoul'der  Jo'seph 

Find  words  on  pages  85  to  88  in  which  o  occurs. 


56  NEW  CHAMPION  SPELLING   BOOK 

31 

daughter  dain'ty 

violet  separate         sure  toilet 

oyster  pumpkin       nickname      region 

32 

en'gine  fif  ti  eth 

stack  yield  limit  petty 

upper  search        .    pulse  waiter 

33 

gold'en  rod  hus'band 

sixth  dozen  tiger  ought 

seventh         counted         bounce  brought 

34 

sword  jew'el 

allow  mock  size  vice 

might  stroke  changed         rapid 

Kind  words  are  better  than  jewels. 
36 

ken'nel  coward 

died  great  himself  waist 

grief  dreadful         bedside  restore 

Supplementary  Ex.  6  :   u  as  in  use  ;   ew  as  in  new.      Long  u 
time  du'ty  stew  knew 

U'tah  mu'sic  view  New' ton 

Find  words  on  pages  85  to  88  in  which  u  occurs. 


SECTION  II 

57 

mer'chant 

36 

island 

attack           engine 

daughter 

dainty 

husband        buckle 

goldenrod 

fiftieth 

o  blige' 

37 

nee'dle 

refer              stool 

mope 

floor 

ready             doorstep 

38 

bringing 

flung 

prai'rie 

quar'rel 

proud             stout 

shaft 

jewel 

ladies            spear 

subway 

sword 

wheth'er 

39 

clothes 

gulf                yoke 

wrung 

shoes 

covering        press 

clothing 

bathe 

Supplementary  Ex.  7  :    Dictation 

This  above  all :  to  thine  own  self  be  true, 
And  it  must  follow,  as  the  night  the  day, 
Thou  canst  not  then  be  false  to  any  man. 

—  Shakespeare. 


prairie 
isthmus 


Supplementary  Ex.  8  :   is'land     riv'er 

strait  axis  torrid 

channel  creek  degree 


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40 
FIRST   SPELLING   CONTEST 


accident  bandage 

biscuit  canary 

poultry  healthy 

potatoes  walnut 

orchard  package 

subtract  timid 

aloud  bashful 

decimal  exact 

dead  deaf 

mayor  nephew 

excite  fringe 

breath  breathe 

nickname  oyster 

separate  toilet 

waiter  yield 

daughter  dainty 

goldenrod  husband 

kennel  coward 

oblige  needle 
whether 


arctic  beauty 

division  accuse 

machine  journey 

lemonade  niece 

question  reason 

unravel  wrinkle 

cipher  crayon 

autumn  weather 

taught  lovable 

erect  describe 

cough  hyphen 

grease  multiply 

pumpkin  region 

sure  violet 

attack  buckle 

engine  fiftieth 

sword  jewel 

merchant  island 

prairie  quarrel 
clothes 


Note.  —  Add  other  words  which  have  been  misspelled 
during  the  past  two  months. 


SECTION  II 

59 

41 

coarse 

blan'kel 

width             coast 

bleat 

worse 

kennel           island 

bleak 

muzzle 

42 

a  piece' 

bos'om 

laugh             rate 

strive 

coax 

drone             agent 

stripe 

coward 

43 

au'thor 

co'coa 

steel              coil 

thrill 

catch 

needle            broil 

whether 

oblige 

44 

choir 

de'pot 

tour               guest 
strange          guide 

prairie 
quarrel 

strict 
guard 

45 

moun'tain 

er'rand 

text                merchant 

cellar 

throng 

yourself         February 

central 

clothes 

Supplementary  Ex.  9:  00  as  in 

foot;   0  as  in  wolf;   U  as  in 

put.      Short  oo 

shook                  mis  took' 
wood/ en             bare 'foot 

worn' an 
wolfish 

push 
bush 

Find  words  on  pages  85  to  88  in  which  oo  occurs. 


60  NEW  CHAMPION  SPELLING  BOOK 

46 

car'rot  fail 

coarse  bosom  author  choir 

blanket  apiece  coming  depot 

47 

gallop  heav'en 

stale  doctor  raven  pain 

banana  route  buzzard  vain 

By  what  route  did  the  doctor  go  ?     I  weep  the  more  be- 
cause I  weep  in  vain. 


48 


grieve 

bacon  spice 

rind  dessert 

I  tal'ian 

faint  bury 

health  scene 

mead'ow 

lawn  clash 

romp  print 


49 


ivory 

cocoa 
breakfast 

lo'cate 

bloom 
blight 


move 
dwell 


skull 
breast 


50 


oc  cu  py 

squaw  busy 

children  brisk 


Supplementary  Ex.  10:   lan'guage 

comma  vowel  modifies 

singular  consonant  question 


terms 

command 
statement 


SECTION  II 
51 


61 


bade 

gallop  heaven 

errand 


parlor 

fail  zinc 

mountain       carrot  grieve 

52 

truly  poi'son 

real  caught  debt  dealt 

ivory  firing  flesh  space 

53 

bal'ance  quail 

dear  beginning      week  mind 

scold  grandfather  stroll  stern 


54 


res  cue 

oral  holy 

speech         chime 

sev'er  al 

calm  dumb 

can't  animal 


satis  fy 

babies  slung 

Italian  crumbs 


55 


tease 

heard  locate 

.  wolves         dandelion 


Supplementary  Ex.  11:   00  as  in   boot,   o  as  in  do;   U  as  in 

rude.     Long  oo. 

scoop                    brood              tomb  gru'el 

boom'ing             boo^by             wownd'ed  bru'tal 

Find  words  on  pages  85  to  88  in  which  oo  occurs. 


62 


NEW  CHAMPION  SPELLING  BOOK 


56 


sketch 

to  geth' 

er 

parlor           quail 
occupy         musket 

meadow 
balance 

truly 
poison 

solve 

57 

sol'dier 

any               eight 
again            knives 

speed 
rescue 

lily 

buy 

station 

58 

ush'er 

trust             judge 
fault             prove 

bade 
satisfy 

silly 
shone 

welcome 

59 

choose 

pearl             dressed 

bride 

railroad 

value            appear 

young 

steamer 

ac'tion 

60 

an  noy' 

froze             close 

screen 

loom 

prose            clothe 

• 

reel 

carpet 

Supplementary  Ex.  12  :    Homonyms 

sun,  son  dear,  deer  bin,  been  heel,  heal 

shone,  shown       past,  passed         steal,  steel         root,  route 

Use  all  these  words  in  sentences ;    for  example :   The 
sun  shone.     The  deer  ran  past  our  house. 


SECTION  II 
61 


63 


ankle 

sketch         solve 
several        usher 

awkward 

brain  boast 

poetry         baste 


62 


hor'ri  ble 

tease  cities 

frown  together 

chestnut 

musty  blue 

during         badge 


63 


con  quer 

pitch  flown 

patch  blown 


coffee 

grown  freeze 

station         bathing 

The  vine  had  grown  twelve  feet  higher. 
64 

pair 

choose         folly 
chose  soldier 


bracelet 

ward  bulk 

plank  brand 


peace 


butch' er 

host 


65 


cnm  son 

glory  board 


welcome      grandmother  missed         slippery 


Supplementary  Ex.  13:     la'bor  er  prod'ucts 

cotton  millet  cheese  tobacco 

buckwheat  pumpkins  timothy  oranges 

Pupils  may  name  other  products  that  they  know. 


64  NEW  CHAMPION  SPELLING  BOOK 

66 


cra'dle 

dis  cov  er 

action           annoy 
awkward      bitten 

ankle 
chestnut 

paste 
horrible 

error 

67 

finish 

parch            spark 
thirsty          conquer 

built 
smooth 

blunt 
meant 

gallon 

68 

be  neath' 

waste            grip 
coffee            stretch 

oblong 
drawer 

nickel 
bracelet 

gi'ant 

69 

in  crease' 

palm             pair 
thumb          mitten 

braid 
twine 

grasp 
squeeze 

eighth 
idea              beard 
vote              sprout 

70 

linen 

grind 
sprain 

sigh* 
wrong 

Supplementary  Ex.  14 :    Dictation 

Have  good  will 
To  all  that  lives,  letting  unkindness  die 
And  greed  and  wrath,  so  that  your  lives  be  made 
Like  soft  airs  passing  by —  Edwin  Arnold. 


SECTION  II 
71 


65 


man  sion 

huddle  finish 

butcher        discover 


nature 

gallon 
crimson 


error 
cradle 


72 


mel'on 


minus 
ounce 


bail 
bucket 


offend' 

bulge  lath 

boughs  scarce 


He  tied  a  long  rope  to  the  bail  of  the  bucket. 


73 


organ 

mourn  mold 

mound  candle 

co'co  nut 

lose  joint 

ease  giant 

postage 

beneath        hitch 
between        unbind 


74 


75 


pardon 
raft  crooked 

bundle  chimney 

sirup 

gear  sneer 

dreary  slight 

re  main' 

daily  scarf 

increase        script 


Supplementary  Ex.  15  :     mer' chant         shelves 

ginger  pecans  melons  cocoa 

nutmegs  mustard  walnuts  catchup 

Pupils  may  name  other  articles  that  they  know. 


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76 


reject' 

eighth  melon 

pardon  coconut 

al'most 

tear  groan 

grave 


77 


wear 


tow'el 
linen  offend 

nature  mansion 

twilight 

beside  alley 

organ  crowded 


The  soldier  bore  the  pain  without  a  groan. 
78 


jan'i  tor 

afraid  motion 

because         scrape 

sphere 
lodge  aunt 

dodge  cousin 


79 


al  ready 

whose  lurk 

soap  hiding 

war'ble 
cover  dose 

covered  sirup 


Supplementary  Ex.  16:   do  mes'tic  con  ver  sa'tion 

pillow  screen  suit  scuttle 

wringer  mattress  dresser  pail 

Pupils  may  name  other  articles  used  in  the  home. 

Supplementary  Ex.  17:    Dictation 
Bear  through  sorrow,  wrong,  and  ruth, 
In  thy  heart  the  dew  of  youth, 
On  thy  lips  the  smile  of  truth.  —  Longfellow. 


SECTION  II 

67 

' 

80 

SECOND   SPELLING   CONTEST 

coarse 

blanket 

apiece 

bosom 

author 

cocoa 

choir 

depot 

mountain 

errand 

carrot 

fail 

gallop 

heaven 

grieve 

ivory 

Italian 

locate 

meadow 

occupy 

bade 

parlor 

truly 

poison 

balance 

quail 

rescue 

satisfy 

several 

tease 

sketch 

together 

solve 

soldier 

station 

usher 

welcome 

choose 

action 

annoy 

ankle 

horrible 

awkward 

chestnut 

conquer 

coffee 

bracelet 

pair 

butcher 

crimson 

cradle 

discover 

error 

finish 

gallon 

beneath 

giant 

increase 

eighth 

linen 

mansion 

nature 

melon 

offend 

organ 

pardon 

coconut 

sirup 

postage 

remain 

reject 

towel 

almost 

twilight 

janitor 

already 

sphere 

warble 

Note.  —  Add  other  words  which  have  been  misspelled 
during  the  past  two  months. 


68  NEW  CHAMPION  SPELLING  BOOK 

81 

ge  ra'ni  urn  answer 

center  remain  forgive  iron 

border  postage         wonder         wrought 


an  oth'er 

borrow 

stingy            towel 

marsh           soil 

clumsy          reject 

swamp          shallow 

ap  point' 

83 

re  plied' 

almost           spout 

worth            success 

twilight         channel 

remedy         powerful 

twen'ti  eth 

84 

cab'bage 

double           already 

having          fairy 

slumber         done 

smiling         janitor 

though 

85 

trouble 

freight           cannon 

pistol            sphere 

express          carried 

fought           warble 

Supplementary  Ex.  18:    Homonyms 
waist,  waste  pail,  pale  pear,  pair,  pare 

piece,  peace  groan,  grown  cent,  sent,  scent 

Use  all  these  words  in  sentences ;  for  example :  Waste 
not,  want  not.  Let  us  buy  a  pear  for  four  cents.  Please 
pare  it.     I  sent  her  for  a  pair  of  shoes. 


SECTION  II                                  69 

86 

a  void' 

barley 

cabbage        borrow 

anvil             appoint 

geranium     answer 

another         twentieth 

rai'sin 

87 

at  tempt' 

stanza          frisky 

captain         sailor 

chap              lightning 

tempest        honey 

brief 

88 

ac'cent 

view             improve 

whole            barren 

avenue         promote 

lemon           fruitful 

read 

89 

ad  vice' 

tribes           family 

village          manly 

company      families 

replied          bravely 

I  have  read  four  books  this  week. 
90 

bur'glar  ad  vance' 

been  whine  grit  patter 

primary        childish         trouble  matter 


Supplementary  Ex.  19:    Dictation 

If  you  would  know  the  value  of  money,  go  and  try  to 
borrow  some. 

If  man  could  have  half  his  wishes,  he  would  double  his 
trouble.  —  Franklin. 


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91 


cackle 

a  mount' 

though          barley 
although      brief 

weak             which 
attempt         accent 

al'ter 

92 

bush'el 

aster             pansy 
cone              flower 

flea                whistle 
bristle            whistling 

ca  nal' 
raisin           fleece 
chicken        ostrich 

93 

an'gel 
read               peak 
alarm            knoll 

can'cel 

94 

de  feat' 

disk              writing 
garden          written 

heap              ails 
advice           always 

ad  mire' 

95 

de  light' 

haze             cozy 
chief             cushion 

wavy             pawn 
avoid             yawn 

Supplementary  Ex.  20:   Homonyms 

led,  lead         flea,  flee  not,  knot  tail,  tale 

red,  read         way,  weigh  four,  fore  week,  weak 

Use  all  these  words  in  sentences;  for  example:  I  led  the 
horse.     His  legs  seem  weak.     This  pipe  is  made  of  lead. 


SECTION  II  71 

96 

ca  ress'  dis  pute' 

alter  cackle  canal  burglar 

amount         bushel  angel  advance 

97 

car'ol  ea'ger 

crate  yesterday      unit  limber 

crape  commence     cancel  enough 


char'i  ty 

defeat  wrist 

intend  elbow 


98 


ex  pect' 

nostril  flute 

eyebrow        private 


99 


plumb'er  fe'male 

prey  escape  flying  skiff 

vulture  thieves  rocket  know 

Cats  prey  upon  birds.     Their  prey  cannot  escape. 

lOO 

cel'er  y  un  til' 

lobster  thicket  hawk  zebra 

canned         oriole  blue  jay  elephant 

Supplementary   Ex.  21:    Abbreviations 
Mr.  (Mister)  Rev.  (Reverend)         St.  (Street) 

Mrs.  (Mistress)         P.  O.  (Post  Office)     Ave.  (Avenue) 
Dr.  (Doctor)  R.  F.  D.  (Rural  Free  Delivery) 

Note  the  periods.     Write  Miss  without  a  period. 


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101 

cin  der  ker'o  sene 

delight  eager  carol  expect 

dispute         admire  caress  charity 

102 

ca  noe'  a' ere 

plush  female  forty  scale 

surprise        plumber        figure  fifteenth 

103 

circus  trough 

seal  scrub  uncle  coach 

riches  deserve         watch  ramble 

104 

be  lieve'  guess 

fruit  custard  flour  sandwich 

celery  nutmeg         lettuce  chowder 

105 

collar  habit 

clinch  until  pole  blotter 

hatchet         gnaw  drawn  eraser 


Supplementary  Ex.  22:    Word  Study;    ar  the  Base 

car              car'ry  ar'row                 car'ol 

bar              bar'rel  bar'ren                mar' row 

tar               mar'ry  maYried              nar'row 

Pronounce  distinctly.  Add  other  words  based  on  ar. 


SECTION  II 
106 


73 


colon 


rise 
flutter 


acre 
circus 


com  plain 

cottage         forest 
sweeping      lonely 

cor  rect' 

forgotten      fretful 
to-morrow     cheerful 

concert 

compare        greedy 
believe  hungry 

de  cide' 


guess 
guessed 


veil 
velvet 


ho  tel' 

canoe  cinder 

trough  kerosene 


107 


strength 

level 
country 


some 
moisture 


108 


in'stant 
happen  shirk 

mutter  shave 


109 


In'di  an 

chops  veal 

choice  mutton 


no 


glis  ten 

sift  French 

easily  control 


Supplementary  Ex.  23:   "Word  Study;   err  the  Base 
err  fer'ry  ber'ry  er'ror 

teVror  Per'ry  mer'ry  er'rand 

Teachers  and  pupils  may  add  to  this  list.     Pronounce 
distinctly.     Select  another  base  and  build  with  it. 


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111 


de  stroy' 

collar  habit 

complain       index 

scis'sors 

neigh  half 

weigh  snore 


112 


car  toon' 

hotel  correct 

colon  instant 

ce  ment' 
halves  Indian 

explain         among 


113 


dis  a  gree'  in  stead' 

wages  draped  herring         length 

heavy  curtain  concert  strength 

114 

dis  miss'  com'bat 

break  won't  yarn  meek 

bottle  admit  woolen  droop 

115 

ea'gle  col  lect' 

they  hundred        truth  school 

adopt  thousand       betray  whisper 


Suggestion:  Division  of  words  into  syllables  in  oral 
spelling  should  usually  be  indicated  in  one  of  these  ways: 

(1)  By  slight  pauses;  as,  exercise,  e-2?--e-r--c-i-*-e, 
exercise.  (2)  By  pronunciation  of  syllables ;  as,  £-a;-ex- 
<'-/--er-<?-z-*-e-cise,  exercise.  (3)  By  repronunciation  of 
syllables;  as,  e-a;-ex-e-r-er-exer-<?-i-*-e-cisc,  exercise. 


SECTION  II 
116 


75 


en'e  my  com  mand' 

instead  decide  cement  destroy 

glisten  disagree        cartoon         scissors 

117 

ex'er  cise  cir'cle 

foam  zero  thrust  every 

vanish  frozen  napkin  thought 

118 

fe'ver  cred'it 

gilt  empty  sudden  cruel 

rusty  rough  dismiss         comment 

119 

fierce  in'sect 

crash  chase  good-by         combat 

gayly  strait  happiest       master 


Supplementary  Ex.  24:    Dictation 

A  gift  in  need,  though  small  indeed, 

Is  large  as  earth  and  rich  as  heaven.  —  Whittier. 


Supplementary 

Ex.  25: 

Recognizing  u  in 

common  -words 

tube 

suit 

cure 

pure 

cube 

du'ty 

fu'ry 

duke 

tu'lip 

av'e  nue 

stu'pid 

sub  due ' 

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THIRD    SPELLING   CONTEST 


geranium 

answer 

another 

borrow 

appoint 

replied 

twentieth 

cabbage 

though 

trouble 

avoid 

barley 

raisin 

attempt 

brief 

accent 

read 

advice 

burglar 

advance 

cackle 

amount 

alter 

bushel 

canal 

angel 

cancel 

defeat 

admire 

delight 

caress 

dispute 

carol 

eager 

charity 

expect 

plumber 

female 

celery 

until 

cinder 

kerosene 

canoe 

acre 

circus 

trough 

believe 

guess 

collar 

habit 

colon 

hotel 

complain 

strength 

correct 

instant 

concert 

Indian 

decide 

glisten 

destroy 

cartoon 

scissors 

cement 

disagree 

instead 

dismiss 

collect 

eagle 

combat 

enemy 

command 

exercise 

circle 

fever 

credit 

fierce 

insect 

Note.  — Add  other  words  which  have  been  misspelled 
during  the  past  two  months. 


SECTION 

n 

77 

121 

his'to  ry 

lead                   review 

lively 

eagle 

ahead 

handful 

remove 

soar 

straight 

122 

cer'tain 
touch                 foe 

magic 
seems 

polar 

sneeze 

command 

mellow 

night 

123 

ex'cel  lent 

mar 'gin 

circle 

exercise 

recite 

roof 

Thanksgiving 

schoolmate 

notice 

silo 

la'bor 

124 

folks 

insect 

favor 

collect 

too 

nineteen 

murmur 

mail 

fierce 

numb 

125 

na'vy 

fever 

credit 

sweet 

knew 

enemy 

sales 

oatmeal 

conclude 

Supplementary  Ex.  26:   Homonyms 
fourth,  forth       moan,  mown  sore,  soar         sail,  sale 

heard,  herd         strait,  straight       some,  sum       mail,  male 
Use  all  these  words  in  sentences ;  for  example  :  He  took 
one  fourth  of  the  herd.     I  shall  buy  the  candy,  nuts,  and 
so  forth.     I  heard  him  moan. 


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126 

man 'age  no'tion 

history         magic  wait  lively 

excellent      certain         delay  margin 

127 

mer'it  ob  tain' 

ninety  eleventh       twenty-one     ninth 

thirteenth     ninetieth      everything     twelfth 

128 

mod'el  pa  rade' 

please  confuse        don't  moist 

mention       mistake        cigar  umbrella 

129 

mo  lest'  part'ner 

garret  refuse  knelt  knot 

upstairs        shatter         prevent  knob 

130 

met'al  per'ish 

their  priest  laid  labor 

neighbor      folks  replace  noble 


Supplementary  Ex.  27:    Dictation 

Work  for  some  good,  be  it  ever  so  slowly ; 
Work  for  some  hope,  be  it  ever  so  lowly; 
Work  !  for  all  labor  is  noble  and  holy. 

—  Newman  Hall. 


SECTION  II  79 

131 

nerve  mum'ble 

model  navy  merit  notion 

marble  obtain  manage         parade 

132  • 

noz'zle  per  mit' 

smear  saucer  knead  dining 

muffin  shelves         kitchen         steak 

133 

oc  cur'  prac'tice 

to-night  numb 

Wednesday      while 

134 

none 
€urb  turkey 

jingle  running 

135 

.  pal'aee  sea'son 

rinse  mason  here  evil 

scatter  plaster  early  repeat 


ocean 

arrive 

o'clock 

reside 

publish 

two 

consult 

overshoes 

partner 

Supplementary  Ex.  28:    Dictation 

Speak  no  evil  of  the  absent,  for  it  is  unjust. 

—  Washington. 
Be  at  war  with  your  vices,  at  peace  with  your  neighbors, 
and  let  every  year  find  you  a  better  man.  — Franklin. 


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136 

raise  re  sist' 

metal  perish  nozzle  nerve 

practice        permit  mumble        occur 

0  137 

pi  an'o  Sab'bath 

brittle  just  primer  kernel 

pavement     echo  publish         plucked 

138 

pledge  im  por'tant 

litter  noise  quite  quiet 

shaken  molest  shudder        lonesome 

139 

po  lice'  se'cret 

ticket  none  result  desire 

present         except  shelter  demand 

140 

pre  pare'  sen'tence 

through         sort  olive  pantry 

knothole       onion  supply  contain 


Supplementary  Ex.  29:   col' or  s    ,       rain'bow 

azure  maroon  violet  crimson 

ocher  vermilion  indigo  lavender 

Pupils  may  name  other  colors  that  they  know. 


SECTION  II  81 

141 


pris'on  shiv'er 

palace  piano  resist  persist 

mirror  Sabbath         important     pledge 

142 


psalm                      silent 

secret             parrot            martin 
instruct         monkey         swallow 

sparrow 
squirrel 

143 

sau'sage                  solid 

peddle           police            raise 
meddle          reward           smother 

bleach 
season 

144 

quench  punish 

polite  maiden  study  listen 

powder  women  music  listened 

145 

re  spect'  pur'ple 

picnic  party  jolly  dimple 

chosen  pleasant        manners       laughter 


Supplementary  Ex.  30  :    Dictation    ' 

1.  Summer,  autumn,  winter,  spring, 
Back  and  forth  the  seasons  swing. 

—  Lloyd  Roberts. 

2.  Whatever  you  do,  do  with  your  might ; 
Things  done  by  halves  are  never  done  right. 


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cause 

146 

tem'ple 

become        silent 

psalm            solid 

prepare       sentence 

prison           shiver 

scar'let 

147 

trem'ble 

thief            unlock 

unpack         saucy 

gone            padlock 

sausage         naughty 

sad'dle 

148 

up'roar 

parcel          prefix 

there             tired 

pencil         prefer 

sixtieth         stopping 

serv'ant 

149 

un  tied' 

lantern        shining 

threw            stitch 

headway     studying 

apron            thimble 

shovel 

ISO 

un  rul'y 

Arab           punish 

sixteenth      orange 

wrote          quench 

seventieth    gentleman 

Supplementary  Ex.  31 :    Dictation 

And  the  night  shall  be  filled  with  music, 
And  the  cares  that  infest  the  day 

Shall  fold  their  tents  like  the  Arabs, 

And  as  silently  steal  away.  —  Longfellow. 


SECTION  II                                    83 

151 

scuffle 

thunder 

scarlet          purple 

earliest         saddle 

respect         tremble 

temple          uproar 

152 

signal 

wel'fare 

could            cause 

untied           scorch 

would           making 

servant         beefsteak 

153 

trolley 

sparkle 

once              often 

tangle           easy 

maybe           alive 

riddles          pillow 

154 

sup'per 

sweater 

select            relic 

obey             paddle 

sample          picture 

parents         member 

155 

trumpet 

stagger 

hero              poem 

lain               trick 

people          useful 

retain            broad 

156 

tri'al 

sponge 

shovel           unruly 

signal           tally 

sparkle         welfare 

scuffle           thunder 

84 


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157 


un  fair' 

invest  office 

plunge  money 


hand'some 
quarter         loose 
pretend        suffer 


vial 


158 


edge 
infant 


piece 
perfect 


learned 

trolley  very 

promise        prompt 

159 

wid'ow  host'ess 

minute         unfold  retire  lounge 

thirtieth       outward       supper  sweater 

160 

FOURTH   SPELLING   CONTEST 

history         lively  certain  magic 


excellent 

margin 

labor 

folks 

numb 

navy 

manage 

notion 

merit 

obtain 

model 

parade 

molest 

partner 

metal 

perish 

nerve 

mumble 

nozzle 

permit 

occur  x 

practice 

none 

publish 

palace 

season 

raise 

resist 

piano 

Sabbath 

pledge 

important 

police 

secret 

prepare 

sentence 

SECTION  II 

I 

prison 

shiver 

psalm 

silent 

sausage 

solid 

quench 

punish 

respect 

purple 

cause 

temple 

scarlet 

tremble 

saddle 

uproar 

servant 

untied 

shovel 

unruly 

scuffle 

thunder 

signal 

welfare 

trolley 

sparkle 

supper 

sweater 

trumpet 

stagger 

trial 

sponge 

unfair 

handsome 

vial 

learned 

widow 

hostess 

85 


Note.  —  Add  other  words  which  have  been  misspeUed 
during  the  past  two  months. 

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ac'gent 

al  read'y 

are'tte 

bar'ley 

ac'gi  dent 

al'ter 

3>t  tack' 

bash'ful 

ac  €use' 

a  mount' 

at  tempt' 

beau' if 

a'cre * 

an 'gel 

au'thor 

be  heve' 

ae'tion 

an'kle 

au'tunm 

be  neath 

ad  mire' 

aw  noy' 

a  void' 

bis'c^it 

ad  vange' 

an  oth'er 

awk'ward 

blan'ket 

ad  vige' 

an'swer 

bade 

borVow 

al'most 

a  piege' 

bal'ange 

bos'om 

a  loud' 

ap  point' 

band'age 

brage'let 

1  ii'kCr. 


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breath 

breathe 

brief 

buck'le 

bur'glar 

bush'el 

butch'gr 

e&b'b&ge 

e&ck'le 

ea  nal' 

ea  na'ry 

cancel 

ea  noe' 

ea  ress' 

c&r'ol 

eSrVot 

ear  toon' 

eauge 

Qel'er  y 

q$  ment' 

Qer'tain 

ch&r'ity 

chestnut 


ikwlr. 


choir * 

chooge 

gin'der 

gi'pher 

clr'ele 

§ir  eus 

clothes 

coarse 

eo'^oa 

co'eo  niit 

eof  Tee 2 

coNar 

eol  leet' 

eo'lon 

com 'bat 

com  mand' 

eom  plain' 

e5n'gert 3 

eSn'qwer 

cor  reef 

eoz^gh 

eow'ard 

era'dle 

"kSfl. 


eray  on 
credit 
erim'gon 
dain'ty 
dau^A'ter 
dead 
d6af 
de  glde' 
deg'i  mal 
de  feat' 
de  light' 
de'po^ 
dS  scribe' 
de  stroy' 
disagree' 
dis  eov'gr 
dis  miss' 
dis  pute' 
di  vi'sion 

z 

ea'ger 
Sa'gle 
eighth  4 
6n'S  my 

8  noon  ;  verb  is  eon  fSrt' 


en  gine 

g  reef 

er'rand 

er'rOr 

ex  act' 

ex'QeHent 

ex  Qlte' 

ex'er  Qlge 

ex  peet' 

fail 

fe'male 

fe'ver 

fiSrqe 

fif'ti  eth 

fin'ish 

fo^ks 

fringe 

gal76n 

gal76p 

gS  ra'ni  urn 

gl'ant 

glisten 

gold'en  r6d 


*  utth. 


SECTION  II 

8 

grease 

jevv'el 

mo  lest' 

pack 'age 

gn'eve 

jour'ney 

moim'tain 

pa?r 

g^ess 

ken'/zel 

mul'ti  ply 

pal' age 

hab'it 

ker'o  sene 

miiin'ble 

pa  rade' 

hand'soine 

la'bor 

na'ture 

par'don 

health  'y 

learned 

na'vy 

par'lor 

heaven 

lem  on  ade1 

'  nee'dle 

part'ner 

his ' to  ry 

lin'en 

neph'ew 

per'ish 

horVi  ble 

live'ly 

nerve 

per  mit' x 

host'ess 

lo'eate 

nick 'name 

pi  an'o 

ho  tel' 

lov'a  ble 

mege 

pledge 

hus'band 

ma  ghme' 

none 

plumper 

hy'phen 

mag'ie 

no'tion 

poi'son 

Im  por'tant 

man'age 

noz'de 

po  l'ige' 

in  crease' l 

man'sion 

numb 

post'age 

In'di  an 

mar'gin 

6  bilge' 

po  ta'toes 

in 'sect 

ma?/' or 

ob  tarn' 

powl'try 

In'stant 

mead'ow 

oe'cti  py 

prac'tige 

in  stead' 

mel'on 

oc  eur' 

prai'rie 

Is'land 

mer' chant 

o/fend' 

pre  pare' 

I  tal'ian 

mer'it 

or'chard 

pris'on 

i'vo  ry 

met'al 

Sr'gan 

psalm 

jan'i  tor 

mod'el 

oys'ter 

pub'lish 

1  verb  accented  on  last  syllable 

;  noun  accented  on  first  syllable. 

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pump'kin 

sear'lgt 

sta'tion 

trtiinp'et 

piin'ish 

scis's&rs 

X                       J. 

strength 

twentieth 

pur'ple 

seuf'/le 

sub  tract' 

twi'liyAt 

quail 

sea 'son 

sup'joer 

un  fair' 

quar'rel 

se'cret 

sure4 

un  rav'el 

quench 

sen'tenge 

sweat' er 

un  rul'y 

qugs'tion * 

sep 'a  rate 

sword 

un  tied' 

raise 

serv'ant 

tau^At 

tin  til' 

rai'sin 

sev'er  al 

tease 

iip 'roar 

read2 

shiv'er 

tem'ple 

ush'er 

rea'son 

shov'el 

though 

vl'al 

re'gion 

sig'nal    ■ 

thiin'der 

vl'6  let 

rg  jeet' 

sl'lent 

tiin'id 

wait'er 

rg  main' 

sir'up 

to  geth'er 

wal'nut 

rg  plied' 

sketch 

toi'let 

war'ble 

res'eue 

sol'dier3 

tow'el 

weath'er 

rg  gist' 

sol'id 

trem'ble 

wel'eome 

rg  speet' 

solve 

tii'al 

wel'fare 

Sab'iath 

spar'kle 

troNey 

wheth'er 

s&d'dle 

sphere 

trou'ble 

wid'ow 

sSt'is  fy 

sponge 

trowgh 

wrin'kle 

sau'sige 

st&g'yer 

tru'ly 

yield 

Note.  —  Review  in  oral  contest  also  other  words  which 

have  been  misspelled  during  the  year. 

1  kweYchun. 

8  past  tense  ;  present  is  road.         *  sol'j 

|«r.           «  shOTr. 

SECTION   III 


ab'sence 


berth 
porter 


supper 
carrot 


.   a  dult' 

quail 
thrive 


moose 
approach 


The  teacher  spoke  of  the  absence  of  the  pupil.  Only 
adult  persons  may  enter  the  opera  house.  I  have  a  lower 
berth  on  the  ten  o'clock  train. 


drow'sy 

baffle  punch 

fidget  thump 

in  ter  rupt' 

confess  flight 

convict  forbid 


2 


3 


mu'ci  lage 

flinch  chafe 

taunt 


wince 


jus'tice 


falter 
dread 


shovel 
drench 


ath  let'ic 

depth  vault 


tunnel 


differ 


pos'i  tive 

keel  adorn 

ferry  crown 


mor'sel 

mingle  filter 

shingle  factor 

tas'sel 

fiber  fabric 

ivory  garter 


89 


90 


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at  trac'tive 
absence  absent 
mucilage       interrupt 

pas'sen  ger 
deaf  coughed 

drowsy  coffin 

dropped 

tread  arbor 

weight  hedge 

hardships 

mince  biscuit 

filbert  counter 

peach'es 

portion  idiot 

particle         detain 


8 


9 


lO 


aft  er  noon' 
adult  morsel 

justice  athletic 

Ca  na'di  an 

jury  crude 

murder         foolhardy 

ex  pense' 

solve  angry 

moral  bother 

herbs 
behold  scoop 

Quaker         sword 

pickles 

liar  truly 

rascal  beware 


Supplementary  Ex.  1 :   a  as  in  care ;   e  as  in  there. 
Circumflex  a 

wel'fare         par'ent  heir  their 

prayer  stair'way  no'where  else'where 

Find  words  on  pages  125  to  128  in  which  a  occurs. 
1  Lessons  numbered  in  this  manner  are  to  be  given  Mondays. 


SECTION  III  91 

11 

windows  stirred 

tassel  herbs  passenger     expense 

Canadian        positive      hardships     attractive 

12 

soot  se  vere' 

helmet  remark        remind         timid 

knight  dropped      afternoon     advice 

13 

per  mis'sion  affair 

solo  bulb  squint  squat 

duet  medal  twinkle        squeal 

14 

grocer  j  di'a  ry 

lemonade       tattle  trash  read 

strawberry     prattle        horrible        burden 

15 

khaki  growth 

vessel  fleet  raise  coral 

attempt  naval  geranium     rudder 


Supplementary  Ex.  2 :  a  as  in  fall ;    au  as  in  auk ;   aw  as  in 
saw ;    6  as  in  or.      Broad  a  and  broad  O 

stall  au'to  awe  form 

war  daugh'ter  flaw  lord 

Find  words  on  pages  125  to  128  in  which  a  occurs. 


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16 

ar'gue  op  er  ate 

peaches     grate  grocery        affair 

windows    stirred  pickles        permission 

There  are  grates  in  the  windows  of  a  prison, 

17 

par'tial  dying 

insult        century  million        shoe 

enroll        celebration    diameter     cable 


trav  el  ing 

diary  wrath 

slander      severe 

vol  un  teer' 

janitor       healthy 
chapel       sensible 

com  plete' 

phrase       vowels 
adverb       accent 


18 

sleigh 

another       soot 
somebody    scant 

19 

fore'head 

replied         lofty 
parson         belfry 

20 

contra  ry 

entire  overalls 

beauty         plumber 


Supplementary  Ex.  3:  Dictation 

A  good  name  is  rather  to  be  chosen  than  great  riches, 
and  loving  favor  than  silver  and  gold.  —Proverbs. 


SECTION  III  93 

21 

frig'id  gar'ment 

partial  dying  khaki  argue 

growth  volunteer      buckle  operate 

fashion  hand'ker  chief 

aloud  rumble  bevel  scandal 

hustle  explosion      sleigh  ashamed 

23 

no'bod  j  op'  po  site 

flatter  pulp  trough  trolley 

salesman      linger  sought  traveling 

24 

shield  sud'den  Ij 

turtle  ankle  blanket         already 

shoulder       forehead       pajamas        excellent 

25 

vis'i  tor  wealthy 

mimic  choose  clergy  banish 

suspect         bugle  abrupt  monster 


Supplementary  Ex.  4  :  e  as  in  verse;  l  as  in  girl;  a  as  in  cellar; 

<3  as  in  sailSr.      Tilde  e 

germ  sir  •   cow'ard  ac'tSr 

lov'er  vir'gin  back' ward  di  vi'sSr 

Find  words  on  pages  125  to  128  in  which  e  occurs. 


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currant  rogue 

garment     opposite  fashion       frigid 

complete    handkerchief    nobody       contrary 

Very  good  jelly  is  made  from  currants. 
27 


cud'dle 

as'phalt 

canteen      untruth 

capture       shield 

trample      ambush 

surround    inspect 

val'u  a  ble 

28 

hymn 

enrich         shilling 

secure         tulip 

provide      refreshment 

suddenly    pollen 

nim'ble 

29 

man'do  lin 

fraud          advance 

grudge        frank 

shout         bandage 

cruelty        butcher 

seize 

30 

sieve 

brief           barley 

arctic          balloon 

blanch       bushel 

poultry       balance 

Supplementary  Ex.    5:   Dictation 
Be  just,  and  fear  not ; 

Let  all  the  ends  thou  aim'st  at  be  thy  country's, 
Thy  God's,  and  truth's.  —  Shakespeare. 


SECTION  III  95 

31 

gleam  tow'er 

rogue  visitor  cuddle         hymn 

currant  nimble  asphalt       valuable 

32 

va'por  wa'fer 

frolic  whir  attack         glaze 

prank  pastime         accident      tumbler 

33 

chair'man  scen'er  y 

garlic  starch  goal  cough 

cucumber       cluster  island         moan 

34 

al'co  hoi  ful  fill' 

senior  income  Irish  amount 

faithful  wealthy         marshal      mandolin 

35 

column      .  min'er  al 

nervous  answer  bashful       filthy 

folks  awkward       bracelet      burglar 


Supplementary  Ex.  6:   u  as  in  urge;   <3  as  in  w5rd. 

Circumflex  U 

sur'ly  curve  w5r'thy  w5rk 

bur'glar         bur'den  w5rld/ly         w^rm'wood 

Find  words  on  pages  125  to  128  in  which  H  occurs. 


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or'phan  re'al  ly 

seize  sieve         fulfill  vapor 

tower  wafer        chairman    gleam 

37 

se'ri  ous  man'tle 

volume  dead         bosom         angel 

continue  author      alcohol        mount 

You  should  buy  new  mantles  for  these  gas  lights. 
38 

a  rith'me  tic  tu'tor 

scenery  carol  switch         action 

mountainous    canary      taxicab        movement 

39 

re  pair'  bur'row 

afford  breathe     sausage       cafe 

appointment    breath       cracker        menu 


Supplementary  Ex.  7:   OU  as  in  sound;    OW  aa  in  COW 

trout  sprout  growl  gown 

hound  bound  drown  crown 

Find  words  on  pages  125  to  128  in  which  ou  or  ow 
occurs. 

Suggestion :  Write  forms  of  words,  as  follows :  deserve, 
deserving,  deserved.  Use  charge,  arrange,  change,  argue, 
advise,  sparkle,  breathe,  manage. 


SECTION   III 

40 

FIRST   SPELLING   CONTEST 

absence  adult*  drowsy      mucilage 

interrupt  justice  athletic     morsel 

positive  tassel  attractive  afternoon 

passenger  Canadian  dropped     expense 


97 


hardships 

herbs 

peaches 

pickles 

windows 

stirred 

soot 

severe 

permission 

affair 

grocery 

diary 

khaki 

growth 

argue 

operate 

partial 

dying 

traveling 

sleigh 

volunteer 

forehead 

complete  contrary 

frigid 

garment 

fashion 

handkerchief 

nobody 

opposite 

shield 

suddenly 

visitor 

wealthy 

currant 

rogue 

cuddle 

asphalt 

valuable 

hymn 

nimble 

mandolin 

seize 

sieve 

gleam 

tower 

vapor 

wafer 

chairman 

scenery 

alcohol 

fulfill 

column 

mineral 

orphan 

really 

serious 

mantle 

tutor 

arithmetic 

repair 

burrow 

Note. —  Add  other  words  which  have  been  misspelled 
during  the  past  two  months. 


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fau'cet 

invent            mantle 
pattern          mineral 

ben'e  fit 

livery             forge 
overtake        cringe 

42 

re  ceive' 

ghost             rely 
startle            topic 

minis  ter 
scout              tempt 
orphan           impure 

43 

rep'tile 

lance              prime 
fumble           quantity 

rural 

column           group 
arithmetic     bisect 

44 

tennis 

really             infect 
serious           hornet 

ti'  dings 
repair             local 
service           general 

45 

ap'pe  tite 

swear             curse 
witness          abuse 

bag'gage 

sworn             tutor 
temper           burrow 

Supplementary  Ex.  8 :  oi  as  in  oil  ;    ny  as  in  boy 

hoist  coin  an  noy'  en  joy' 

noise  choice  em  ploy7  de  stroy' 

Find  words  on  pages  125  to  128  in  which  oi  or  oy 
occurs. 


SECTION  III  99 

46 

es'say  facto  ry 

receive  tennis  rural  faucet 

benefit  minister      tidings        reptile 

47 

finer  y  flick' er 

ourselves         creamery     until  victor 

understand     bakery         exclaim       kingdom 

48 

ladle  liquid 

rebel  final  gape  stride 

nickel  outrage        scorn  gait 

49 

schol'ar  re  mem'ber 

public  protect        aid  pastor 

taught  memory       advise  sermon 

50 

strangle  car'riage 

shrank  style  movable      accuse 

broadcloth       wonderful   grease  swindle 


Supplementary  Ex.  9:   Hard  and  soft  sounds  of  C  and  g 

mu'sie  cen'sor  guide  •  gen'er  al 

ean'dle  tri'cy  eLe  gur'gle  en'gine 

Find  words  on  pages  125  to  128  in  which  these  sounds 
occur. 


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at  ten'tion 

finery         scholar 
flicker       baggage 

pierce 

snarl  ladle 

shred         liquid 

ex  am  pie 

label  whether 

borax         weather 

axle 

loot  flush 

acquaint    theft 

post' script 

means        coin 
worthy      furrow 


61 

plat' form 

essay  factory 

remember      appetite 

52 

veins 
roach  vermin 

pimple  serpent 

53 

falsehood 

assert  rustic 

accomplish    correction 


54 


dis  ease' 


jail 
finally 


marry 
independent 


55 


meas  ure 
panel  carpenter 

purchase      residence 


Supplementary  Ex.  10:    Dictation 

So  nigh  is  grandeur  to  our  dust, 

So  near  is  God  to  man, 
When  duty  whispers  low,  "  Thou  must," 

The  youth  replies,  "I  can."— Emerson. 


section,  in ; 

56 


101 


squeak 
example      strangle 
falsehood    attention 

cal'i  co 

dingy.  axle 

castle  disease 

A  mer'i  can 

blotch 
blemish 


mercy 
cashier 


dwarf 

gayety         itch 
holiday        numb 

height 
include        tough 
charity        muscle 


student 


pierce 
platform 


carriage 
handsome 


57 


trapper 
death  elder 

starvation     couple 


58 


ar'ter  y 


injure 
stumble 


veins 
wither 


59 


ex  am  me 

unable  silk 

reprove         shrill 


60 


ig  no  rant 

patient  sorrow 

uneven  invalid 


Supplementary  Ex.  11 :    Suspended  bar  for  S  and  X 
,egg§  nois/y  ex  ist;  ex  ert/ 

po  si'tion  Pan'§y  e5 ac^  ex  hib'it 

Find  words  on  pages  125  to  128  in  which  these  sounds 
occur. 


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61 


pa'tri  ot 

sol'der 

calico           trapper 
American    postscript 

i 

artery          measure 
squeak        student 

62 

gyp'sy 

inject          examine 
minnow       examination 

drowned 

dwarf          muslin 
shrink         crimson 

fountain 

63 

suburb 

parsley        cider 
borrow         pastry 

liver            sloop 
digestion     retail 

ac'tu  al 

blend           tinkle 
starry          trinket 

64 

a  gree  a  ble 

poppy         feast 
matron        wedding 

de  clare' 

65 

ditch 

verge           coffee 
alcove          crayon 

ginger         acid 
apricot        saffron 

Supplementary  Ex.  12  :    Homonyms 

die,  dye  gate,  gait        wait,  weight     might,  mite 

dying,  dyeing     birth,  berth     great,  grate      night,  knight 

Use  all  these  words  in  sentences ;    for  example :    The 
poor  girl  is  dying.     They  are  dyeing  this  cloth  blue. 


SECTION  III  103 

66 

gram'mar  grum'ble 

solder         suburb         patriot  beneath 

height         gypsy  ignorant        cauliflower 

67 

bruise  im  me'di  ate 

colic  actual  riot  eddy 

drowned     agreeable     fluid  fountain 

68 

ped'al 

fourteenth     fortieth 
eighteenth     nineteenth 

69 

splendid 

cinder  notch 

engine  scissors 

70 

Yankee 

title  writer 


bi'cy  cle 

fuel  flue 

kindle        putty 

sal'a  ry 
recent         defeat 
forenoon     dispute 


weap  on 
angle  collect 


erect 


twentieth    item 


rime 


Blank  verse  is  written  without  rimes. 


Supplementary  Ex.  13:   Dictation 

That  best  portion  of  a  good  man's  life, 
His  little,  nameless,  unremembered  acts 
Of  kindness  and  of  love Wordsworth. 


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courage 

grumble      ditch 
bicycle        immediate 

72 

dis  play 

salary         fraction 


comic 

pedal         declare 
bruise        grammar 

dredge 

flannel       cipher 


mattress    multiplicand   splendid     minuend 


73 


ex  cur  sion 

coarse        fury 
clothes       nicely 

nurs'er  y 
avoid  enemy 
commit      disagree 

set'tle  merit 

bases         insect 
direction   instant 


hammock 

gable  sultry 

basement   autumn 


74 


75 


tongue 

ruffle  juggle 

stammer     coward 

ad  dress 

hotel  Yankee 

pleased       division 


in'stru  ments 


Supplementary  Ex.  14:   mus'i  cal 
harp  banjo  bagpipe 

cornet  piano  accordion 

Teachers  and  pupils  may  add  to  this  list  of  musical 
instruments. 


organ 
mandolin 


SECTION  III                                 105 

pur  sue' 

76 

veg'e  ta  ble 

sledge           comic 
dredge          display 

courage         weapon 
hammock      excursion 

se'ri  al 

77 

wholesale 

nursery         caress 
believe         cackle 

fawn             tongue 
homely          chuckle 

The  story  will  be  published  in  serial  form. 
78 

ein'na  mon  cere  als 

scrawl  certainly      excite  apply 

request         command     groom  whisk 

Do  you  eat  cereals  for  breakfast  ? 
79 

■  fur'nish  cli'mate 

toil  credit  canoe  error 

exercise        cancel  capsize         torrid 


Supplementary  Ex.    15  :   phys  i  ol'o  gj 
heart  muscles  lungs 


ab  do' men 

artery 
tendon 


bowels  backbone  nerve 

Teachers  and  pupils  may  name  other  parts  of  the  body. 

Suggestion:  Write  forms  of  words,  as  follows:  try,  trying, 
tried.     Use  study,  pity,  occupy,  weary,  carry,  envy,  apply. 


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80 


SECOND   SPELLING   CONTEST 


faucet 

benefit 

receive 

minister 

reptile 

rural 

tennis 

tidings 

appetite 

baggage 

essay 

factory 

finery 

flicker 

ladle 

liquid 

scholar 

remember 

strangle 

carriage 

attention 

platform 

pierce 

veins 

example 

falsehood 

axle 

disease 

postscript 

measure 

squeak 

student 

calico 

trapper 

American 

artery 

dwarf 

examine 

height 

ignorant 

patriot 

solder 

gypsy 

drowned 

fountain 

suburb 

actual 

agreeable 

declare 

ditch 

grammar 

grumble 

bruise 

immediate 

bicycle 

pedal 

salary 

splendid 

weapon 

Yankee 

comic 

courage 

dredge 

display 

excursion 

hammock 

nursery 

tongue 

settlement 

address 

pursue 

vegetable 

serial 

wholesale 

cinnamon 

cereals 

furnish 


climate 


Note.  —  Add  other  words  which  have  been  misspelled 
during  the  past  two  months. 


SECTION  III  107 

81 

offense'  par'asol 

prince  police  pursue         address 

quince  prison  pardon         settlement 

82 

salad  dis  ap  point' 

annoy  decimal        divisor         turnip 

admire         addition       multiply      vegetable 

83 

south'ern  steward 

pair  purpose        union  deal 

eagle  message       serial  wholesale 

84 

tri'fle  u  ten'sil 

snort  handy  saddle  usher 

gallop  cinnamon     sweater        unruly 

85 

almond  anchor 

fare  furnish         climate        fail 

depot  journey        valleys        brakes 


Supplementary  Ex.  16:    Homonyms 
fair,  fare  bail,  bale  size,  sighs  all,  awl 

hair,  hare  isle,  aisle  break,  brake  flew,  flue 

Use  all  these  words  in  sentences;  for  example:  Pay 
your  fare.  Is  the  brake  all  right  now?  Buy  a  bale  of 
cotton. 


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cap'i  tal  char'coal 

trifle  offense  utensil  salad 

southern      disappoint      parasol  cereals 

87 


pe  ri  od 
silence         lapse 
comfort        pause 

court 

noun              steward 

• 

colon             hyphen 

ex  plode' 
fierce  <         wreck 
terror           errand 

88 

fa  miliar 

ranch            retreat 
Indian          retrace 

fireplace 

circle            jostle 
tamper         disturb 

89 

giggle 

soldier          finish 
complain      destroy 

rejoice' 

assist           decide 
arrange        delight 

90 

in  vi  ta'tion 

satisfy           lively 
instead          partner 

Supplementary   Ex.   17:    Dictation 

Help  the  weak  if  you  are  strong, 

Love  the  old  if  you  are  young, 
Own  a  fault  if  you  are  wrong, 

If  you  are  angry,  hold  your  tongue. 

—  Wentwouth  Dillon. 


SECTION  III  109 

91 

poul'tice  humor 

almond  court  capital       explode 

anchor  familiar       period        charcoal 

92 

offered  per  suade' 

warmth  oily  quiver        tickle 

fireplace  fiftieth        shiver        giggle 

93 

problem  que'ry 

victory  giant  assail         became 

excitement  •   combat        conquer     awhile 

94 

scour  shep'herd 

cedar  weary  cause         orchard 

chestnut  season         lumber      homestead 

95 

stomach  surplus 

acre  surface        locate         prairie 

area  acquire       weave        meadow 

Supplementary  Ex.  18:   Homonyms 

poles,  polls  base,  bass  oar,  ore 

bread,  bred  paws,  pause  vain,  vein,  vane 

Use  all  these  words  in  sentences  ;  for  example  :    One 
goes  to  the  polls  to  vote.     Here  is  a  vein  of  silver  ore. 


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96 


trow' el 

va  cation 

rejoice        persuade 

blister         query 

offered        invitation 

poultice      problem 

cro  chef 

97 

dis  honest 

refine          flare 

scour           strength 

glisten        torch 

98 

machine      shepherc 

anxious 

business 

engage        envy 

slender        artist 

dismiss       seventeenth 

increase      carnival 

99 

cho'rus 

statue 

dealer         freak 

entry           humor 

fellow         sneak 

lOO 

circus          cartoon 

rasp'ber  ry 

fetch 

correct        husband 

novel           spirit 

hostess       daughter 

expect         hardy 

Supplementary  Ex.  19: 

or  as  a  Base  in  "Word  Study 

or'ange               hor'rid 

bor'row              hor'ri  ble 

for'eign               mor'al 

flor'id                cor'o  ner 

Flor'i  da  Mor'ris  foVest  to-mor'row 

Find. other  words  in  Section  III  in  which  or  occurs. 


SECTION 

III                                   111 

101 

flo'rist 

forfeit 

stomach       surplus 
crochet        dishonest 

trowel         vacation 
anxious       business 

102 

fiery 

rustle           shrug 
wrestle        themselves 

gar'bage 
scalp           crock 
squall          craft 

103 

mo'tor 

mat  i  nee' 

cower           statue 
farthest       cradle 

piano           choir 
concert        chorus 

104 

mix'ture 

nat'u  ral 

mere            thistle 
guess           goldenrod 

stilt             grope 
leave           discover 

105 

ga  rage7 

naught        tansy 
flimsy          hunger 

profit 

melon          cabbage 
celery          potatoes 

Supplementary  Ex.  20:   or  as  a  Base  in  Word  Study 
(continued) 
sor'ry                tor'rent                 sor'row              tor'rid 
sor'rel              cor'ri  dor              cor'al                  cor  re  spond' 

Select  another  base  and  build  with  it. 


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106 

savage  sec'tion 

gamble  fetch  motor  florist 

.raspberry      garbage         matinee         forfeit 

107 

stored  sim  'pli  fy 

tomb  illness  metal  natural 

repose  hospital         cement  mixture 

108 

tailor  ter  'ri  ble 

booth  fever  gloom  wrap 

timber  feeble  regard  grieve 

109 

va  nil'la  up  hol'stered 

alert  finished         exact  profit 

fiery  planned         eager  signal 

no 

sickle  scythe 

canal  weld  funnel  juice 

sewer  cavity  trickle  gallon 


Supplementary  Ex.  21:    Dictation 

Day  had  awakened  all  things  that  be, 
The  lark,  and  the  thrush,  and  the  swallow  free, 
And  the  milkmaid's  song,  and  the  mower's  scythe, 
And  the  matin  bell,  and  the  mountain  bee.  — Shelley. 


SECTICtt 

[    III 

111 

billion 

111 

car  na 

'tion 

garage 
stored 

simplify 
somewhat 

tailor 
section 

savage 
terrible 

cleanse 

112 

brake' 

man 

linen 
collar 

suit 
model 

grocer 
palate 

soda 
vanilla 

113 

ache  fix'ture 

swoon  beetle  female  Italian 

terrier         cockroach         learned         truthful 

114 

fra'grant  fortune 

county        lava  heaven  habit 

country       wrinkle  history  sober 

115 

honor  villain 

crew  somewhere       none  code 

shark  upholstered      surpass         craze 


Supplementary  Ex.  22  :    A  long  u  Collection 
muse  en  sue'  dupe  nude 

fu'tile  tu'mor  mute  due 

fu'sion  lu/na  tic  tu'ber  time'ful 

Find  other  words  in  Section  III  in  which  u  occurs. 


114  NEW  CHAMPION  SPELLING   BOOK 

116 

med'i  cine  mod  'era 

sickle  fester  ache  fixture 

scythe  cleanse  billion         carnation 

117 

mo  las'ses  north  era 

daub  alter  fringe  violet 

salve  chamber         dainty         fragrant 

The  waist  is  all  right ;  do  not  alter  it. 
118 

per  form'  present  ly 

trouble         publish  recess  skill 

brakeman    describe         lecture         injury 

119 

re  stored'  i'ci  cle 

cocoa  though  thus  agency 

coconut        quench  unless  fortune 


Supplementary  Ex.  23  :    Drill  in  Enunciation 

ro§'e§  sol'dier  riVet  fore' head 

wa/ter  often  length  su"  preme' 

wis/est  wick'ed  strength  kitch'en 

Teachers  and  pupils  may  add  to  this  list.     Give  such 
drills  frequently. 

Suggestion  :    Write  forms  of '  words,  as  follows  :    refer, 
referring,  referred.     Use  commit,  spur,  blur,  stop,  beg. 


SECTION  III 

11£ 

120 

THIRD   SPELLING  CONTEST 

offense 

disappoint 

salad 

parasol 

southern 

steward 

trifle 

utensil 

almond 

anchor 

capital 

charcoal 

period 

court 

explode 

familiar 

fireplace 

giggle 

rejoice 

invitation 

poultice 

humor 

offered 

persuade 

problem 

query 

scour 

shepherd 

stomach 

surplus 

trowel 

vacation 

crochet 

dishonest 

anxious 

business 

chorus 

raspberry 

statue 

fetch 

florist 

forfeit 

fiery 

garbage 

motor 

matinee 

mixture 

natural 

garage 

profit 

savage 

section 

stored 

simplify 

tailor 

terrible 

vanilla 

upholstered 

sickle 

scythe 

billion 

carnation 

cleanse 

fixture 

ache 

brakeman 

fragrant 

fortune 

honor 

villain 

medicine 

modern 

molasses 

northern 

perform 

presently 

restored 


icicle 


Note.  —  Add  other  words  which  have  been  misspelled 
during  the  past  two  months. 


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121 

tarnish  cam' brie 

buried  poison  practice        honor 

desert  beckon  program        villain 

122 

at 'tic  bou  quet' 

modern         psalm  altar  soul 

medicine      Sabbath        organ  temple 

123 

bar  gain  cat'er  pil  lar 

notify  northern       flood  needle 

announce     molasses       occur  steeple 

124 

doubt 
foul  perform 

haunt  presently 

125 

mis' chief 
enjoy 
respect 


cu  ri  ous 
vise  flaw 

labor  eighth 

drooped 
icicle  course 

subject         restored 


margin 
welfare 


Supplementary  Ex.   24 :    Homonyms 
vice,  vise  soul,  sole  rap,  wrap         lacks,  lax 

coarse,  course         alter,  altar  foul,  fowl         tacks,  tax 

Use  all  these  words  in  sentences ;  for  example :  Gam- 
bling is  a  vice.     He  held  the  board  in  a  vise. 


SECTION  III  117 

126 


fla'vor  vin'e  gar 

attic  doubt  tarnish        cambric 

curious         bouquet        bargain        caterpillar 

127 

ge  og'ra  phy  law'yer 

kidnap         prosper         haul  farther 

wander         explore         anywhere    saunter 

They  were  too  tired  to  haul  the  load  any  farther. 

128 

mor'tar  bea'ver 

twilight        zone  secret  almost 

important    thunder        bribe  silent 

129 

scar'ci  ty  mag  a  zine' 

jewel  quaint  uneasy         usual 

sparkle         fiction  uproar         seldom 

130 

worship  tor'ment 

panther        molest  offend  marble 

mischief       prisoner       quarrel        mumble 

Supplementary  Ex.  25:  States,  etc.,  and  their  Abbreviations 
Alabama,  Ala.  California,  Calif.  District  of  Colum- 
Alaska  Colorado,  Colo.  bia,  D,  C. 

Arizona,  Ariz.     Connecticut,  Conn.     Florida,  Fla. 
Arkansas,  Ark.  Delaware,  Del.  Georgia,  Ga. 


118  NEW  CHAMPION  SPELLING  BOOK 

131 


bu'reau  be  grudge' 

drooped  lawyer      flavor  mortar 

geography       punish      vinegar  beaver 

132 

bound  a  ry  ba'sin 

granary  collie        tease  peanut 

wheelbarrow  kennel      Hallowe'en    scarcity 

133 

fright  ened  fa  vor  ite 

botch  bundles     solid  inform 

perhaps  supplied   wedge  magazine 

134 

glimpse  ceil'ing 

bade  whiz  blouse  sheath 

manage  tricycle     fashionable   subtract 


Supplementary  Ex.  26:    States,  etc.,  and  their  Abbreviations 
Hawaii  Kansas,  Kans.         Massachusetts,  Mass. 

Idaho  Kentucky,  Ky.        Michigan,  Mich. 

Illinois,  111.  Louisiana,  La.         Minnesota,  Minn. 

Indiana,  Ind.        Maine  Mississippi,  Miss. 

Iowa  Maryland,  Md.        Missouri,  Mo. 

Supplementary  Ex.  27  :    Dictation 
Breathes  there  the  man  with  soul  so  dead, 
Who  never  to  himself  hath  said. 
This  is  my  own,  my  native  land  ! 

—  Sir  Walter  Scott. 


SECTION  III  119 

135 

freck'le  in  quire' 

question      yolk  slipped  junior 

exception    gravy  tightened      senior 

136 

loi'ter  league 

worship       basin  bureau  favorite 

boundary     torment       frightened     begrudge 

137 

meth'od 

inner  ceiling 

sphere  glimpse 

138 

vo'cal 
toilet  compose 

towel  whispered 


la  zi  ly 

nature  crest 

mountain     region 

rec'i  pe 

lovable         merit 
pleasure      parlor 


139 


riv'u  let 
future  trial 


ri'fle 

unfair  scuffle 


sentence      hereafter     propel 


stagger 


Supplementary  Ex.  28  :   Dictation 

In  works  of  labor  or  of  skill 

I  would  be  busy,  too ; 
For  Satan  finds  some  mischief  still 

For  idle  hands  to  do.  —  Isaac  Watts. 


120 


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140 


so  ci'e  ty  rad'ish 

ancient       mislaid       reached        headache 
trumpet      expected     farmhouse    overworked 


juicy 

lazily  method 

freckle        inquire 

buf '  fa  lo 

lynx  rifle 

yelp  rivulet 

bluing 
mayor         palace 
mansion      servant 


but'ter  flies 


heave 
harrow 


apiece 
district 


141 

ton'ic 
loiter  vocal 

recipe  league 

142 

bomb 
insist  prettier 

insert  underwear 

143 

charmed 

ballot  raisin 

therefore      porridge 

144 

leather 
allot  foster 

occupy  afterward 


Supplementary  Ex.  29 
Montana,  Mont. 
Nebraska,  Nebr. 
Nevada,  Nev. 
New  Hampshire,  N.  H. 


States  and  their  Abbreviations 
New  Jersey,  N.  J. 
New  Mexico,  N.  Mex. 
New  York,  N.  Y. 
North  Carolina,  N.  C. 


SECTION  III 


121 


145 


dried 
misery         hazel 
aboard         horror 

quo'tient 
society  bomb 
buffalo         radish 


fa'mous 

rescue  depart 

perish  separate 


146 


in  i'tial 

bluing  tonic 

juicy 


charmed 


147 


lining  sue  ceed' 

miser  merchant  obtain  proceed 

oblige  customer  pledge  draft 

148 

ac  cept'  mac  a  ro'ni 

navy  parade  station         remain 

uniform       acceptance  safety  everybody 


Supplementary  Ex.  30  :    States,  etc.,  and  their  Abbreviations 


North  Dakota,  N.  Dak. 
Ohio 

Oklahoma,  Okla. 
Oregon 

Pennsylvania,  Pa. 
Philippine  Islands,  P.  I. 
Porto  Rico,  P.  R. 
Rhode  Island,  R.  I. 
South  Carolina,  S.  C. 


South  Dakota,  S.  Dak. 
Tennessee,  Tenn. 
Texas,  Tex. 
Utah 

Vermont,  Vt. 
Virginia,  Va. 
Washington,  Wash. 
West  Virginia,  W.  Va. 
Wisconsin,  Wis. 


Wyoming,  Wyo. 


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149 

hoarse  pre  serve' 

permit  waiter         warble         hatch 

nickname      leather        welcome      butterflies 

150 

path'way  pos'si  ble 

niece  human         valve  widow 

nephew  conduct       yeast  wives 

151 

rapid  ly  to7 ward 

dried  famous  accept  initial 

lining  succeed         quotient      macaroni 

152 

spin  ning  sug  gest' 

magic  nerve  postal  parental 

sketch  tremble         meter  wherever 


Supplementary  Ex.  31:   flow'ers     blos'soms 
daisy  lilac  hollyhock         bluebell 

peony         crocus         sunflower         buttercup 
Teachers  and  pupils  may  add  to  this  list  of  flowers. 

Supplementary  Ex.  32:    Dictation 

If  wisdom's  ways  you'd  wisely  seek, 
Five  things  observe  with  care : 

Of  whom  you  speak,  to  whom  you  speak, 
And  how,  and  when,  and  where. 


SECTION  III  123 

153 

rein  vanished 

harness        relish  shoal  sallow 

prepare        oyster  preserve        sputter 

He  ought  to  put  new  reins  in  that  harness. 
154 

youth 

horse  expose 

hoarse  advised 

155 

vi  o  lin' 
hover  several 

mustard        together 

156 

mel'o  dy 

sure  toward 

vanished 


treasure 

notion  crease 

reason  motive 

tanned 

hound  sponge 

trench  splinter 

tying 
pathway       suggest 
spinning       possible         rapidly 


Supplementary  Ex.  33:    Dictation 

Not  as  the  conqueror  comes, 

They,  the  true-hearted,  came ; 
Not  with  the  roll  of  the  stirring  drums 

And  the  trumpet  that  sings  of  fame ; 

Not  as  the  flying  come, 

In  silence  and  in  fear;  — 
They  shook  the  depths  of  the  desert  gloom 

With  their  hymns  of  lofty  cheer. 

—  Mrs.  Hemans. 


124           NEW 

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157 

sable 

snatch 

squash 
pumpkin 

vial 
sirup 

158 

gasoline 
kerosene 

youth 
treasure 

ru'in 

since 

package 
postage 

walnut 
blunder 

nozzle 
untied 

reject 
unravel 

159 

la  pel' 

wrench 

purple 
scarlet 

repast 
delighted 

160 

smiled 
danced 

resist 
rein 

FOURTH   SPELLING   CONTEST 

tarnish 

cambric 

attic 

bouquet 

bargain 

caterpillar 

curious 

doubt 

drooped 

mischief 

flavor 

vinegar 

geography 

lawyer 

mortar 

beaver 

scarcity 

magazine 

worship 

torment 

bureau 

begrudge 

boundary 

basin 

frightened 

favorite 

glimpse 

ceiling 

freckle 

inquire 

loiter 

league 

lazily 

method 

recipe 

vocal 

rivulet 

rifle 

society 

radish 

SECTION  III 

125 

juicy 

tonic 

buffalo 

bomb 

butterflies 

charmed 

bluing 

leather 

dried 

famous 

quotient 

initial 

lining 

succeed 

accept 

macaroni 

hoarse 

preserve 

pathway 

possible 

rapidly 

toward 

spinning 

suggest 

rein 

vanished 

treasure 

youth 

tanned 

violin 

tying 

melody 

sable 

snatch 

ruin 

since 

lapel 

wrench 

Note.  —  Add  other  words  which  have  been  misspelled 
during  the  past  two  months. 

ANNUAL   SPELLING   CONTEST 


ab'senQe 

aTmond 

a,t  ten'tion 

bl'c,y  ele 

a-e  Qept' 

A  men  -ean 

at'ft-e 

bil'Zion 

H-ehe 

an'-e&or 

&t  tra-e'tive 

blu'ing 

a-e'tu  al 

anx'ious  l 

axle 

bomb 

&d  dress' 

ap'^e  tite 

bag'ghge 

bound'a  ry 

a  dfilt' 

ar'gue 

bargain 2 

bou  quef 

a/"  fair' 

a  rith'me  ti-e 

ba'sm 

brake'man 

aft  er  noon' 

ar'ter  y 

bea'ver 

bruise 

a  gree'a  h\e 

as'phalt 

be  grudge' 

buf'/alo 

aT-eohol 

ath  m*te 

ben'e  fit 

bu'reau 3 

i 

ank'shus.                       2  bar 

'g&n.                      8  bu' 

ro. 

126           NEW  CHAMPION  SPELLING 

BOOK 

biir'row 

-eour'age 

ex  am'me 

foun'tain 

busi'nSss * 

■eowrt 

ex  am'ple 

fragrant 

butter  m"e§ 

-ero  qhet' 

ex  -euYsioE 

i  freck'le 

-eaTl  -eo 

■eu&'dle 

ex  pense' 

fri^At'ened 

cam'bri-e 

-euTi  ous 

ex  pi  ode' 

frig'id 

G^  na'di  an 

-eurVant 

faVto  ry 

ful  fill' 

-e&p'I  tal 

de  -elare' 

false'hood 

fur'nish 

«ar  na'tion 

di'a  ry 

fg,  mil'iar 

ga  rage' 3 

-ear'nage 

dis  sp  point' 

fa'mous 

gar'bage 

-eat'er  pil  Zar 

di§  eas_e' 

fashion 

gar'ment 

QezTing 

dis  AoVest 

fau'^et 

ge  og'ra  phy 

ce're  al§ 

dis  play' 

fa'vor  ite 

m'g^ 

chapman 

ditch 

fetch 

gleam 

charcoal 

dou&t 

fi'er  y 

glimpse 

charmed 

dredge 

fin'er  y 

gr&in'raar 

ehorus 

dried 

fire'plaQe 

grower  y 

Qin'wa  mon 

drooped 

flx'ture 

growth 

•el£ar\§e 

dr5pped 

fla'vor 

grum'ble 

-eli'm&te 

drowned 

flick'er 

gyp'sy 

■eoTunm 

drowsy 

flo'rist 

ham'mock 

•eoml-e 

dwarf 

fftre'ASad 

hand'ker  chief 

•eom  plete' 

dying 

foVfelt 

hard  'ships 

■eon'trjji  ry 

eYsay 2 

for'tijne 

height 

1  blz'ode 

*  noun  ;  verb  is  6a  say'. 

•ffarazh'. 

SECTION  III 


Aerb§ 
hoarse 
Aon'or 
hu'moi 
hymn 
i'91  -ele 
lg  no  rant 
ion  me'di  ate 
m  l'tial  i 
m  quire' 
m  ter  rupt' 
in  vi  ta'tion 

im'f 

jiis'ti^e 

kAa'ki » 

la'dle 

la  pel' 

law'yer 

la'zi  ly 

league 

leath'er 

lin'mg 

liq'uid 

1  ka'ke. 


loi'ter 
ma-e  a  ro'ni 
mag  a  z'ine' 
man'do  lm 
man'tle 
mat  1  nee' 
measure 2 
med'i  9 me 
mel'o  dy 
meth'od 
mmer  al 
minis  ter 
mis'chief 
mix'ture 
mod'ern 
mo  las'seg 
mor'sel 


mor'tar 


motor 
mfi'91  lage 
natu  ral 
nim'ble 
no'bod  y 

2  mezh'ilr. 


northern 
nurs'er  y 
o/fense' 
offered 
op'er  ate 
op^po  site 
orphan 
par 'a  sol 
partial 
pas'sen  ger 
path' way 
pa'M  ot 
peach'e§ 
ped'al 
per  form' 
pe'ri  od 
per  mission 
per  suade' 
pick'le§ 
-pierqe 
plat'form 
pos/I  tive 
pos'sl  ble 

3  per  mish'un. 


127 

post's-errpt 
poid'tige 
present  ly 
pre  s_erve' 
problem 
profit 
pur  sue' 
que'ry 
quo'tient 4 
rad'ish 
rap'id  ly 
rasj/ber  ry 
re'al  If 
re  geive' 
re9'i  pe 
rem 
re  joi9e' 
re  mem'ber 
re  pair' 
rep'tile 
re  stored' 
ri'fle 
riv'u.  let 

*  kwo'shent. 


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BOOK 

rogue 

sim'pli  f y 

stir'plus 

v&  -ea'tion 

ru'in 

singe 

tailor 

val'ti  g,  ble 

ru'ral 

aleigh 

tanned 

v^  nil74 

sa^ble 

snatch 

tar'nish 

vanished 

saTad 

s6  ql'e  ty 

tassel 

va'por 

saT&  ry 

sb7'der 

ten'nis 

veg'e  ta  ble 

sav'ag€ 

soot 

terVi  ble 

vem§ 

s-ear'9 1  ty 

southern 

ti'dingg 

viTZain 

scen'er  y 

spm'ning 

tongi^e 

vm  e  gar 

s-eA6Tar 

splen'did 

tbn'i-e 

vi  6  lin' 

s-eour 

squeak 

tor'ment 2 

vi§'i  tor 

scythe 

statue 

toward 

vo'-eal 

seVtion 

stew'ard 

tow'er 

v51  im  teer' 

seize 

stirred 

trapper 

wa'fer 

se'ri  al 

stom'ach 1 

trav'el  ing 

wealth'y 

se'ri  ous 

stored 

trgas'tire 3 

weap'on 

settle  ment 

stran'gle 

tri'fle 

whole'sale 

se"  vere' 

stii'dent 

trow'el 

win'dowg 

shSp'Aerd 

suburb 

tu'tor 

wor'ship 

shield 

su-e  ceed' 

tying     . 

torSnch 

sick'le 

sud'den  ly 

up  hoTstered 

Yan'k6e 

sieve 

sug  gSst' 

ti  teVsil 

youth 

Note.  —  Review  in  oral  contest  the  annual  contests  of 

Sections  I  and  II ;  also  words  misspelled  during  the  year. 

1  stum'uk.        *  noun  ;  verb  is  tdrment*.        3  trc/.h'flr. 


SECTION  IV 

l 

heir'ess  bal'co  ny 

alight  adhere  anthem  villain 

compel  inquire  familiar  astonish 

The  heiress  will  have  an  income  of  forty  thousand  dollars 
a  year.  The  general  reviewed  the  parade  from  the  balcony  of 
his  home. 

2 

cara'phor  o'dor 

benefit  league  athletic  axle 

benefited  audience  inquiry  eightieth 

3 

e  lec'trie  dam'age 

morsel  diet  exist  expel 

fragment  grocery  exert         _      ferret 

4 

ed  u  ca'tion  o  pin'ion 

British  dying  solder  adjective 

Great  Britain        bruise  liquor  disappoint 

5 

im'age  jeal'ous 

alleys  loyal  poultice  tissue 

improvement         statue  brakeman       repent 

129 


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61 


knuck'le 

stam  pede' 

odor                 balcony 
electric             contract 

camphor           damage 
ammonia         bedstead 

judg' merit 

7 

na'tion  al 

native               totter 
lawyer              opinion 

oath                  object 
formal              voyage 

oc  ca'sion 

8 

pa  la'tial 

proof                lasso 
molar               proper 

peer                  perspire 
heiress              perfume 

quo 'rum 

9 

ra'tions 

educate            positive 

rogue                polish 

education         passenger         permission        pronounce 

io 

sa  li'va  tan'dem 

sprawl  serial  quote  skulk 

stirrup  asphalt  scribble  mandolin 


Supplementary  Ex.  1:   a,  e,  i,  O,  u  long  in  closing  Accented 

Syllables 

halos  fe'ver  ll'bel  hu'inor 

pa'triot  Topg'ka  ft'ber  Oklaho'ina 

Pupils  may  find  twenty  other  words  in  which  the  long  vowel 
occurs  in  this  manner. 

1  Lessons  numbered  in  this  manner  are  to  be  given  Mondays. 


SECTION  IV 

131 

priv'i  lege 

11 

va  Use' 

image               jealous 
judgment          national 

knuckle 
occasion 

palatial 
stampede 

war'rant 

12 

yacht 

target               thrift 
throttle             scenery 

puncture 
radiator 

taper 
suppose 

Thrift  is  the  power  to  save. 
13 

sin  cere'ly  bur'i  al 


vivid                 peril 

rations 

troop 

wrench             quotient 

throve 
14 

gypsy 

can'o  py 

den'tist 

plaid                 beautiful 

vacation 

elect 

uncertain          cashmere 

healthful 

quorum 

15 


em'pha  sis  sat  is  fac'to  ry 

icicle  cistern  fatal  failed 

crockery  cleanliness        bravery  failure 


Supplementary  Ex.  2 :    a,  e,  i,   o,  u  short,  followed  by  a  Con- 
sonant other  than  r  in  Accented  Syllables 

Japan'  dlz'zy  ab  sSlve'  adjust' 

protect'  resist'  ThQm'as  rtis'set 

Pupils  may  find  twenty  other  words  in  which   the  short 
vowel  occurs  in  this  manner. 


132  NEW  CHAMPION  SPELLING  BOOK 

16 

gal'lant  sta'tion  er  y 

saliva  yacht  clew  valise 

warrant  tandem  pagan  burial 

17 

bev'er  age  di  vis'i  ble 

manager  nonsense  pacify  alcohol 

magnify  accidental  sincerely         absence 

18 

knack  lan'guage 

normal  canopy  larva  affair 

attractive         quality  adult  interview 

19 

ma'jor  nu'merous 

safeguard  vacant  afternoon        period 

American  privilege  undertake       argument 

20 

dis  ap  pear'  par' a  graph 

dentist  zigzag  actual  Eden 

agreeable  incident  severe  rejoice 


Supplementary  Ex.  3  :  Dictation 

1.  One  example  is  worth  a  thousand  arguments. 

—  Gladstone. 

2.  Love  thyself  last ;  cherish  those  hearts  that  hate  thee, 
Corruption  wins  not  more  than  honesty. 

Still  in  thy  right  hand  carry  gentle  peace, 
To  silence  envious  tongues.  —  Shakespeare. 


SECTION  IV  133 

21 

quin'sy  ra'di  ant 

emphasis         complete  knack  divisible 

beverage         satisfactory       gallant  language 

22 


ex  pla  na'tion 

tap'es  try 

alto                  pursue 

almond 

cancer 

melody            earnest 

appetite 
23 

attention 

vague 

waltz 

sure                 illegal 

anxious 

induce 

arithmetic       numerous 

dishonest 

24 

address 

a  ban'don 

cir'cuit 

Chinese            major 

barge 

attic 

stationery       beacon 

anchor 
25 

abide 

Ben' ja  min 

siege 

traveling         ache 

canine 

canvas 

traveler           captive 

burrow 

leather 

Supplementary  Ex.  4 :  a,  S,  T,  6,  v.,  followed  by  r  in  Accented 

Syllables 

barn  fern  or'der  in  cur7 

debar7  infeV  stir'ring  bfir'den 

Pupils  may  find  twenty  other  words  in  which  these  vowels 
occur  in  this  manner. 


134  NEW  CHAMPION  SPELLING  BOOK 

26 

con  ceal'  ex  hi  bi'tion 

knave  tapestry  vague  waltz 

disappear  paragraph         quinsy  radiant 


27 


de  cay' 

beaver  career 

hemstitch         succeed 

ea'sel 
flange  circuit 


de  file' 

baggage  business 

carriage 


offensive 


28 


buffalo 


abandon 


29 


fan'ci  ful 

drowned  gauze 

explanation      girdle 

•     gaFler  y 

bluing  hazy 

deformed  pierce 


30 


pi'geon 

franc  relate 

billion  boundary 

fath'om 

gigantic  basin 

butterflies  bouquet 

ging'ham 

bomb  donate 

upholstered  bargain 


Supplementary  Ex.  5 :  a,  e,  i,  o,  u  short,  in  Accented  Syllables, 
when  foUowed  by  rr  or  r  and  a  Vowel 

car'ry  par'ry  peVil  hur'ry 

b&r'rack  teVrible  mlr'ror  m&r'row 

Pupils  may  find  ten  other  words  in  which  these  vowels 
occur  in  this  manner. 


SECTION  IV                                135 

hearse 

31 

hom'iny 

siege               defile 
Benjamin       decay 

easel               pigeon 
conceal           mortal 

i  de'al 

32 

id  i  ot'ic 

chairman       fanciful 
imprison        manufacturer 

compass         jersey 
begrudge       lament 

con  cern' 

33 

ju'bi  lant 

lavish             alms 

Canadian       debase 

massive          mastiff 

Australian     collector 

loy'al  ty 

34 

lunch'eon 

united            hoarse 

humor            neglect 

contrary         fathom 

exhibition      glimmer 

mi  li'tia 

35 

mir'a  cle 

pivot              patrol 
cereals            patron 

currant           dangerous 
cinnamon       knowledge 

Supplementary  Ex.  6:   Dictation 

1.  A  little  learning  is  a  dangerous  thing.  —  Pope. 

2.  Knowledge  comes,  but  wisdom  lingers.  —  Tennyson. 

3.  Wealth  and  rule  slip  down  with  Fortune, 

As  her  wheel  turns  round ; 
He  who  keeps  his  faith,  he  only 
Cannot  be  discrowned.  —  Lowell. 


136 


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in'do  lent 

indolence  ideal 

gingham  idiotic 


ob  serve' 

hearse  hominy 

gallery  jubilant 


37 


clam 'or 

prin'ci  pal 

loyalty               relax 

calico 

comic 

courage             relief 

38 

bandit 

ransom 

ra'zor 

re  ceipt' 

install                initial 

receive 

tenant 

charcoal             luncheon 

39 

capital 

cleanse 

splen'dor 

be  witch' 

ing 

tropic                 orphan 

talent 

treble 

engrave             court 

concern 

chorus 

Supplementary  Ex.  7 :    a  medial,  when  followed  by  ff,  ft,  88,  at, 
sk,  sp,  nt,  nee 
staff  grass  clasp  chant 


aft'er 


mas  ter 


cas'ket 


chance 


Pupils  may  find  ten  other  words  in  which  a  occurs  in  this 
manner. 

Supplementary  Ex.  8:   Silent  e  final  is  dropped,  when? 
change  changing  arguing  advising 

continue  continued  continuing  salable 

Final  e  is  usually  dropped  on  the  addition  of  a  suffix  be- 
ginning with  a  vowel.  (See  page  10,  rule  4.)  Follow  this 
rule  in  adding  ed  and  ing  to  ache,  defile,  damage. 


SECTION  IV 

137 

40 

First  spelling  contest 

camphor 

odor 

electric 

damage 

education 

opinion 

image 

jealous 

knuckle 

stampede 

judgment 

national 

occasion 

palatial 

quorum 

rations 

saliva 

tandem 

privilege 

valise 

warrant 

yacht 

sincerely 

burial 

canopy 

dentist 

emphasis 

satisfactory 

gallant 

stationery 

beverage 

divisible 

knack 

language 

major 

numerous 

disappear 

paragraph 

quinsy 

radiant 

explanation 

tapestry 

vague 

waltz 

abandon 

circuit 

Benjamin 

siege 

conceal 

exhibition 

decay 

defile 

easel 

pigeon 

fanciful 

fathom 

gallery 

gingham 

hearse 

hominy 

ideal 

idiotic 

concern 

jubilant 

loyalty 

luncheon 

militia 

miracle 

indolent 

observe 

clamor 

principal 

razor 

receipt 

splendor 

bewitching 

heiress 

balcony 

Note.  —  Add  other  words  which  have  been  misspelled  dur- 
ing the  past  two  months. 


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con  due 'tor 

de  pend'ent 

artery             dandy 
dagger            curious 

drooped          militia 
carnation        miracle 

brev'i  ty 

42 

brib'er  y 

charmed         vigor 
caterpillar      indolent 

clamor            vary 
cambric           observe 

dahl'ia 

43 

cat'a  ract 

pouch              purity 
drowsy           bewitching 

clever              principal 
acquit             respectfully 

civ'il 

44 

de  sir'ous 

strife               dredge 
soothe             stockade 

spiral               razor 
dropped          receipt 

en  liv'en 

45 

en  ti'tle 

lobby              minor 
dwarf              muffle 

diary               splendor 
narrate           merchandise^ 

Supplementary    Ex.    9:     a,    e,    i,    <>.    u    long    in    an    Accented 
Syllable  closed  by  Silent  e  preceded  by  a  Single  Consonant 


gale 
re  mote' 


o  bilge'  mice  mute 

pre  cede'  con  fine  in  close' 

Pupils   may   find  ten  other  words  in  which  these   vowels 
occur  in  this  manner. 


SECTION  IV 
46 


139 


fer'tile 


brevity 
desirous 


fes'ti  val 

bribery  dahlia  cataract 

conductor         decorate  viaduct 


syl'la  ble 

affirm  civil 

define  absurd 

dis  sat/is  fled 

covet  dried 

enlarge  cornet 

in'ti  mate 

tense  rebuke 

example  fortify 

mon'u  merit 

profane  recline 

prevail  presence 


47 


48 


49 


50 


en'er  gy 

remit  agile 

declare  ditch 


har  poon' 

doubt  cuddle 

consume  dependent 

in  trade' 

shroud  curt 

engineer  essay 

me  rid'i  an 

examine  pulpit 

measure 


perform 


Supplementary  Ex.  10:   n  pronounced  ng  before  k  and  g  hard 

fin'ger  thank  'ful  can'ker  an'kle 

an'ger  lin'ger  ban'quet  un'cle 

Find  ten  other  words  in  which  n  is  pronounced  ng  before  k 
and  g  hard. 


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heifer 

61 

par'al  lei 

enliven             entitle 
syllable             toward 

fertile 
dissatisfied 

festival 
harpoon 

pul'ley 

expense            scoff 
expensive         squirm 

52 

pyr'a  mid 
energy 
magazine 

repel 
since 

re  hears  'al 

53 

se'cre  cy 

vital                 creak 
frigid                modest 

crane 
discovery 

deed 
struggle 

so'cial 

54 

sol'emn 

fulfill                taint 
absorb              valid 

intrude 
fashion 

finery 
fortune 

trou'sers 

55 

fur'ni  ture 

bicycle              affect 
sleigh               disease 

The  disease 

faucet 
vinegar 
affected  his  throat. 

column 
factory 

Supplementary  Ex.  11:   twen'ty-one'         rock'ing-chair 

to-day  good-by  looking-glass  half-witted 

to-morrow  to-night  forget-me-not  morning-glory 

Find  other  words  in  which  the  hyphen  occurs ;  consult  the 
dictionary  for  each  of  them. 


SECTION 

IV 

14 

ac'cu 

56 

rate 

cau'tious 

pulley 
monument 

pyramid 
meridian 

57 

heifer 
rehearsal 

secrecy 
parallel 

a  pol'o  gy  can'di  date 

flicker  gouge  furnish  social 

various  stupid  grapple  serene 

58 

corpse  crev'ice 

farce  Spanish  mental  atone 

solemn  Spaniard  falsehood  intimate 

59 

crys'tal  de  liv'er 

dazzle  invert  fetch  domestic 

fireplace  furniture  source  bureau 

60 

drought  ex  alt' 

harbor  libel  florist  forfeit 

display  modern  climate  consist 


Supplementary  Ex.  12:  Dictation 

1.   Silently,  one  by  one,  in  the  infinite  meadows  of  heaven, 
Blossomed  the  lovely  stars,   the  forget-me-nots  of  the 
angels.  —  Longfellow. 

2.'  How  sweet  the  moonlight  sleeps  upon  this  bank ! 
Here  will  we  sit  and  let  the  sounds  of  music 
Creep  in  our  ears.  —  Shakespeare. 


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fiend  fo'li  age 

khaki  cautious  corpse  crevice 


trousers           candidate 

accurate           veranda 

grav'i  ty 

argue               lever 
assure              apology 

62 

el'e  va  tor 

flavor               crystal 
missive             percentage 

in  dorse' 

63 

in  san'i  ty 

freckle             pilot 
forehead          prophet 

progress            ambulance 
democrat          frightened 

ju'rist 

stress               device 
indeed              entreat 

64 

gos'pel 

famous             lathe 
favorite            auger 

li'cense 

65 

li'bra  ry 

peerless           produce 
grammar         peevish 

growth             deliver 
prominent        garment 

Supplementary  Ex.  13. 

When  is  final  y  changed  to  i  ? 

copy                    copying 
multiply             multiplying 

copied                   copies 
multiplied             multiplier 

Final  y,  preceded  by  a  consonant,  is  "kept  before  a  suffix  be- 
ginning with  i,  but  is  changed  to  i  before  any  other  suffix. 
(See  page  10,  rule  2.) 


SECTION  IV 

143 

mis'sion 

66 

nioch 

3r  ate 

gravity 
elevator 

exalt 
indorse 

67 

fiend 
insanity 

foliage 
drought 

mu  si'cian 

or'di 

nary 

editor 

tongue 

stutter 

fixture 

proverb 

veins 

68 

grumble 

property 

ne'groes 

reg'is 

ter 

crochet 

adjourn 
gospel 

69 

agony 
aching 

palsy 
garbage 

spe'cial 

stu'di  ous 

jurist 

ardent 

breach 

excursion 

anteroom 

assertion 

glimpse 

geography 

serge 

70 

te'di 

OUS 

comfortable 

collide 

clannish 

herbs 

handkerchief 

comply 

captivate 

raspberry 

She  bought  this  blue  serge  at  a  special 

sale. 

Supplementary  Ex.  14:     base 'ball'     games 

score  pitcher  catcher  league 

innings  bleachers  coaching  umpire 

What  other  words  do  you  Use  in  speaking  of  the  national 
game? 


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con'tact  al  to  geth'er 

license  library  mission  register 


musician            ordinary 

negroes              moderate 

die'tion  a  ry 

72 

im  ag'ine 

await                 gesture 
hinder                angelic 

hymn                 relent 
sacred                height 

hu  man'i  ty 

73 

in'no  cent 

infer                   missile 
aspire                 merciful 

hammock          juror 
warehouse         journal 

74 

mus'cu  lar  pa'tience 

volcano  unity  honor  festal 

interrupt  vandal  hardships  special 

75 

o  rig'i  nal  peace'a  ble 

realize  adjust  studious  wanton 

immediately      accost  ignorant  infancy 


Supplementary  Ex.  15 :    Contractions 

don't      doesn't        hasn't        I'm       it's  aren't        can't 

isn't        couldn't      haven't      he's      she's       wasn't        won't 

Use  each  of  these  contractions  in  a  sentence,  and  give  also 
the  full  form ;  for  example  :  They  don't  (do  not)  weigh  much. 
He  doesn't  (does  not)  like  my  dog.     It's  (it  is)  not  in  its  place. 


SECTION  IV  145 

76 

pro'noun  rein'deer 

serge  tedious  recur  president 

merge  humanity  contact  dictionary 

77 

sar  dine'  scourge 

altogether        imagine  anticipate         admiral 

innocent  agreement         invitation         instantly 

78 

gen'er  ous  ten'e  merit 

available  shrine  dense  ardor 

patience  muscular  italic  justice 

79 

squab'ble  bo'siery 

ladle  cargo  jewelry  revise 

liquid  carbon  abound  classify 


Supplementary  Ex.  16:   Contractions 

I'll         they'll       I'd  there's        what's       I've  let's 

we'll       you'll        we'd       where's       we've        you've      you're 

Use  all  these  contractions  in  sentences,  and  give  the  full 
forms  ;  thus  :  I'll  (I  shall)  not  go.  They'll  (they  will)  soon  be 
here.  Let's  (let  us)  go  home.  You're  (you  are)  in  your  own 
car. 

Supplementary  Ex.  17:   Dictation  • 

"Do  the  duty  that  is  nearest  thee"  —  that  first  and  that 
well;  all  the  rest  will  disclose  themselves  with  increasing 
clearness  and  make  their  successive  demands.  —  Carlyle. 


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80 
SECOND   SPELLING   CONTEST 


brevity  bribery 

eivil  desirous 

fertile  festival 

dissatisfied  harpoon 

monument  meridian 

pulley  pyramid 

social  solemn 

accurate  cautious 

corpse  crevice 

drought  exalt 

gravity  elevator 

jurist  gospel 

mission  moderate 

negroes  register 

serge  tedious 

dictionary  imagine 

muscular  patience 

pronoun  reindeer 

generous  tenement 
conductor 


dahlia  cataract 

enliven  entitle 

syllable  energy 

intimate  intrude 

heifer  parallel 

rehearsal  secrecy 

trousers  furniture 

apology  candidate 

crystal  deliver 

fiend  foliage 

indorse  insanity 

license  library 

musician  ordinary 

special  studious 

contact  altogether 

hum  anity  innocen  t 

original  peaceable 

sardine  scourge 

squabble  hosiery 
dependent 


Note.  —  Add  other  words  which  have  been  miss  pel  ltd  dur- 
ing the  past  two  months. 


SECTION  IV                                147 

en've  lope 

81 

ad'ver  tise 

however          defy 
fragrant          bliss 

feud                  original 
excel                peaceable 

ad  van'tage 
dean                 felon 
generous          abnormal 

82 

pam'phlet 
loiter                pronoun 
deceive             reindeer 

cen  ten'ni  al 

83 

ma  te'ri  als 

sullen               sardine 
hosiery            scourge 

suffix                sundry 
lining               mineral 

84 


ver'dict  su  perb' 

feat  allude  lapel  zealous 

regular  tenement  admission         wrought 

And  feats  of  strength  went  round.  —  Goldsmith. 


85 


cam'er  a 

minister  personal 


ambition 


por'trait 

tribute  mantle 

adornment         squabble  nimble 


Supplementary  Ex.  18:   Words  often  Mispronounced 
pic'ture  ex  clu'sive  op  po'nent  haunt 


ad  dress'  ab  do'men  dis  course' 

en've  lope  in'ter  est  ing  ro  mance' 

Drill  frequently  on  the  list. 


taunt 
launch 


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86 

refer  ence  mo  ral'i  ty 

believe  memorize       superb  pamphlet 

accept  centennial      verdict  advantage 

What  a  man  desires,  he  easily  believes Longfellow. 


87 


stor'age 

medicine  degree 

commendable      clause 

a  pos'tro  phe 

seizure  sandal 

arrangement       secrete 

dra'per  y 


88 


ves'ti  bule 

advertise         plight 
commission     mixture 


nee  es  sary 

film  merely 

method  construct 


89 


for  lorn' 


employ 
flourish 

socket 
forsake 

grange  molasses 
mortar            macaroni 

frag'ile 

90 

div'i  dend 

envelope 
typewriter 

invade 
allowance 

nobody  Belgian 
amazement     materials 

Supplementary  Ex.  19:   "Words  Often  Mispronounced 

po'em  truths.  b&na'na,  Latin 

sau'cy  stuOrd  ap  pa  ra'tus  hearth 

pro  nun  ci  a'tion        fau'cet  bar'i  tone  I  tal'ian 

Add  many  words  in  the  use  of  this  exercise. 


SECTION  IV 
91 


149 


camera 
matinee 


alii  ga  tor 

portrait 
vestibule 


pri  va'tions 

sparse  fervor 

natural  remorse 

fre'quent 

incur  inclose 

opposite         multiple 

man'i  fest 

offense  drapery 

mischief        scallops 

vict'uals 
partial  wealth 


92 


93 


94 


95 


custom 


av'e  ime 


amendment 


al'ti  tude 

reference  storage 

apostrophe         morality 


bi'as 


respite 
forlorn 


barter 
nursery 


pov'er  ty 

inspire  fountain 

necessary 


northern 


loathe 

oratory  option 

organize  operate 

wea'sel 

offered  theme 

advisable  officer 


Supplementary  Ex.  20:  Long  u  Grouping 

lu'bri  cate  du'pli  cate  lu'mi  nous 


mu'tu  al 
nu'mer  a  tor 


in  sti  tu'tion 


il  lu'mi  nate 
su  per  vise'  su  per  vi'sor         su'per  fine 

Pupils  may  find  other  words  in  Section  IV  in  which  u 
occurs. 


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96 

im'i  tate  con  tra  diet' 

fragile  bias  frequent  altitude 

repair  dividend  alligator  impossible 

97 

ex'e  cute  pol'i  cy 

salad  stored  pilfer  peaches 

pickles  spatter  privations        entertain 

98 

will'M  see're  ta  ry 

chasm  poverty  ceiling  pedal 

continent  providence       cupboard         lazily 

99 

e  quip'  in  tro  duce' 

staple  loathe  stealth  surely 

importance        platinum         platform  Mexican 

lOO 

skel'e  ton  vi'sion 

reckon  render  efface  veto 

amend  manifest  postscript        patriot 


Supplementary  Ex.  21:   Dictation 

Toiling,  —  rejoicing,  —  sorrowing, 

Onward  through  life  he  goes ; 
Each  morning  sees  some  task  begin, 

Each  evening  sees  it  close. 

—  Longfellow,  "The  Village  Blacksmith." 


SECTION  IV 
lOl 

ac  quaint' ance  grate'ful 

execute  weasel  juicy 


willful 


imitate 


victuals 


151 


secretary 
contradict 


res  o  lu'tion 
steady  frantic 

abreast  acrobat 

de  tached' 


102  s 

vis'i  ble 

affront  enrage 

exclude  explode 


103 


policy 
variety 


jumble 
shrimp 


104 


ruf  'fi  an 


resort  equip 

possible  necessarily  treaty 


e  qual'i  ty 

persuade  forcible 

presently        problem 

ser  e  nade' 
profit  sliver 


pathway 


cor'dial  ly 

parasol  rival 

smuggle  introduce 


105 


si'phon 

ruby  sluggish 

stubborn  preserve 


occur 
grinning 


Supplementary  Tix,  22 :   "When  is  the  Final  Consonant  doubled  ? 

begin  occurrence  beginning 

propeller  submitted  skimming 

Monosyllables  and  words  accented  on  the  last  syllable,  end- 
ing in  a  single  consonant  preceded  by  a  single  vowel,  usually 
double  the  final  consonant  on  taking  a  suffix  beginning  with  a 
vowel.     (See  page  10,  rule  8.) 


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106 


re  gret'ted 
pitiful  resolution 

skeleton        acquaintance 


v  ant  arc 'tic 

grateful  equality 

detached         vocal 


107 


ev'i  dent 


quire 
query 


vision 
visible 


con  vene' 
record  humble 

ruffian  invention 

A  quire  is  twenty-four  sheets  of  paper. 

108 

gen'u  ine  ma  don'na 

really  represent  bishop  burly 

generally       accomplishment     publication     tactful 

109 


prac'ti  cal 

rem'nant 

squander       vulgar 
remember     scramble 

reptile             rural 
shackle           serenad 

no 

sher'iff                             shrewd 

ruin               restored 
turban           spoonful 

virtue              recipe 
create             rubbish 

Supplementary  Ex.  23:  Drill  in  Pronunciation 

Mlchl  gan,  asked,  end'gd,  out,  cow,  forward,  a'r6  &,  going, 
root,  route,  rout,  roof,  soot,  New  Or'le"  an§,  pa'th6s,  ge"  &g'r&  phy , 
creek,  white,  SSat'rte,  £  ritn'me"  tic,  hls't6ry,  rasj/b6r  rjf , 
prO'gram,  gum§,  to'w§Lrd§»,  get,  steppes,  what,  pa'trOn,  r§  search', 
kgt'de,  laugh,  t6  ma' to,  VIr  glnl  £,  as'phalt. 


SECTION  IV  153 

111 

a  part'ment  choc'o  late 

cordially  siphon  genuine  antarctic 

convene  evident  madonna  regretted 

112 

drug'gist  ex  hale' 

crisp  croak  rein  graft 

radish  rivulet  depend  museum 

113 

leg'end  mil'li  ner 

rifle  total  rapidly  remnant 

moralist  void  vanished  mucilage 

114 

ter'race  sys'tem 

array  wisdom  sable  swath 

artful  practical  suggest  scarcity 

115 

shriv'el  val'or 

trail  crutch  connect  triple 

condition  converse  spinning  society 


Supplementary  Ex.  24 :  Dictation 

1.  Silence  is  a  great  peacemaker. 

2.  It  is  easier  to  pull  down  than  to  build  up.  —  Proverb. 

3.  I  regret  that  I  have  but  one  life  to  lose  for  my  country. 

—  Nathan  Hale. 


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116 


a'mi  a  ble 

sheriff  exhale 

druggist  shrewd 

a  muse'inent 


coin  age 
legend  milliner 

apartment  chocolate 


117 


cha'os 


stirred             avert 

serious                bestow 

terrace             detail 

audible                windows 

118 

a  nal'y  sis 

res'tau  rant 

salary              arrears 

assent                 soot 

average           funeral 

shrivel                denote 

119 


an  nounce'ment 


col'lege 


attract 
occurred 


system 
attitude 


shield 
attend 


seize 
frolicsome 


Supplementary  Ex.  25:   Drill  in  Pronunciation 

PaTes  tine,  can,  musk'rat,  musk'mel  on,  boil,  kln'dgr  gar  ten, 
frag'ment,  6f/Ice,  Hawai'i,  often,  been,1  again',2  dSn'kejf, 
CSn'eSrd,  leg'Is  13,  tlve,  way  laid',  yoZk,  jtist,  6lm,  part'nSr,  noun, 
par'trldge,  our§,  Infamous,  PhlTlp  plne§,  bade,  height,  such, 
touched,  dls'trlet,  scallops,  can't,  pStt  tic,  y6t,  E  van'gS  line, 
Hiawatha,  Rtis'sia.3 

St.  Lou'Is,  catch,  dy'namite,  Squa'ti6n,  goal,  cSl'umw, 
penalize,  Mlssou'rl,  news/paper,  hSs'tlle,  habit,  now, 
Roo'sBvelt,  rath'er,  n6th'Ing,  awnt,  feTZow,  won't,  d&?§Srt', 
d6s/Srt,  rige,  Qhl  ca'go. 


SECTION  IV 
120 

THIRD   SPELLING   CONTEST 


155 


advantage  pamphlet 

verdict  superb 

reference  morality 

apostrophe  necessary 

fragile  dividend 

frequent  bias 

manifest  loathe 

imitate  contradict 

willful  secretary 

skeleton  vision 

resolution  visible 

ruffian  serenade 

regretted  antarctic 

genuine  madonna 

sheriff  shrewd 

druggist  exhale 

terrace  system 

amiable  coinage 

analysis  shrivel 
envelope 


centennial  "materials 

camera  portrait 

storage  vestibule 

drapery  forlorn 

alligator  altitude 

privations  poverty 

victuals  weasel 

execute  policy 

equip  introduce 

acquaintance  grateful 

detached  equality 

cordially  siphon 

convene  evident 

practical  remnant 

apartment  chocolate 

legend  milliner 

restaurant  valor 

amusement  chaos 
announcement      college 
advertise 


Note.  —  Add  other  words  which  have  been  misspelled  dur- 
ing the  past  two  months. 


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121 

ar'mor  y  ghast'ly 

attire  valor  utmost         insure 

victim  gross  defense        indulge 

122 

ar  riv'al  pe  ti'tion 

sieve  ancestor  integer         coinage 

atom  cartridge  ascribe         amiable 

123 

as  cend'  me  chan'ic 

assort  inspector  scour  chaos 

appreciate  application  strangle       amusement 

124 

lo  cal'i  ty  in'flu  ence 

snatch  aspect  student        suburb 

astonishment       content  assemble      restaurant 

125 

scheme  as  sist'ance 

analysis  college  Arabic  colony 

announcement     approve  scholar         settlement 


Supplementary  Ex.  26:   Dictation 

If  we  fail,  it  can  be  no  worse  for  us.  But  we  shall  not  fail. 
The  cause  will  raise  up  armies ;  the  cause  will  create  navies. 
The  people,  the  people,  if  we  are  true  to  them,  will  carry  us, 
and  will  carry  themselves,  gloriously  through  this  struggle. 

—  Webster. 


SECTION  IV 
126 


157 


stand'ard  at'mos  phere 

arrival  petition  ascend  article 

locality  approval  armory  mechanic 

127 

ca'pable  attain' 

support  annul  floral  sickle 

applaud  apologize  splendid  vegetable 

128 

de  clar'a  tive 

ghastly  satin 

annoyance         savage 

129 

stead'i  ly 

anecdote  section 

shepherd  civilize 

130 

pen'sion 

scheme  southern 

influence  interfere 


aught 

annual  annex 

surplus  entice 

mea'sles 

Russian  ample 

summit  fender 


doily 

stomach  guilty 

affliction  adjacent 


Supplementary  Ex.  27 :   Homonyms 

due,  dew  tied,  tide  hall,  haul  sell,  cell 

peel,  peal  ought,  aught  sight,  site  choir,  quire 

Use  all  these  words  in  sentences ;  for  example :  Isn't  the 
train  due  soon?  You  ought  to  know.  It  may  be  in  sight,  for 
aught  I  know.  Do  you  hear  the  bells  pealing  f  Time  and  tide 
wait  for  no  man. 


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for'eign  er 
standard         aught 
declarative     atmosphere 


158 


com  merce 

telegram        attain 
telephone 


assistance 


132 


com  pact' 

simplicity       foil 
adaptation     abridge 

pi'ous 

abolish  myrtle 

steadily  cartilage 

poise 
excess  treasure 

sensitive 


fric'tion 

inscribe  insight 

acquittal         steward 


133 


134 


independence     skirmish 
135 


com  plex' 

capable  detest 

simplify  quotation 

com  po  si'tion 

picket  beseech 

terrible 


wreath 

chaste  skillful 

trapper  challenge 


con  cede' 

trifle  measles 

trowel  sympathy 


Supplementary  Ex.  28:   Dictation 

A  poor  man,  served  by  thee,  shall  make  thee  rich ; 
A  sick  man,  helped  by  thee,  shall  make  thee  strong ; 
Thou  shalt  be  served  thyself  by  every  sense 
Of  service  which  thou  renderest. 

—  Elizabeth  Barkett  Browning. 


SECTION  IV  159 

136 

tor  na'do  con'fi  dence 

doily  pension  pious  foreigner 

compact         friction  complex  commerce 

137 

suite  breth'ren 

tutor  information      tidings  tennis 

cherish  composition      coincide  garage 

They  engaged  a  suite  of  four  rooms. 

138 

dai'ry  ing  cour'te  sy 

tassel  reliable  tailor  tower 

tying  combine  precise  descend 

139 

change'a  ble  crit'ic 

poise  immense  chastise  gleam 

persistent      particular  battlement        tarnish 

140 

shriek  cudg'el 

gurgle  lusty  clutch  complaint 

effort  colander  torment  comparison 


Supplementary  Ex.  29:   'Words  to  be  Distinguished 

lose  sit  presents  prove  accept  false 

loose  set  presence  proof  except  faults 

Use  all  these  words  in  sentences ;  for  example :  Where  did 
you  lose  it  ?  This  screw  is  loose.  I  can  prove  that  he  accepted 
those  presents. 


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threshold  main  tain' 

suite  concede  tornado  courtesy 

wreath  conquest  unfortunate       confidence 

142 

ex  treme'ly  flex'i  ble 

tackle  tonic  brethren  tanned 

compete  complicate       compliment       security 

143 

mes'sen  ger  out  ra'geous 

attendant         composite        dairying  utensil 

volunteer         conclusion       compound  probably 

144 

ox'y  gen  pe  cul'iar 

vapor  verdant       -    visitor  recollect 

vegetation        fertilizer  condense  valuable 

145 

cit'i  zen  re  mod 'el 

compute  critic  consider  English 

changeable       crouch  confession  England 


Supplementary  Ex.  30:    Words  and  "Word  Groups 

Always  two  words :  all  right 

Always  one  word :  almost,  always,  although 

all  ready  to  go  already  gone 

all  together  in  one  place  altogether  too  many 

Use  these  words  and  word  groups  in  sentences. 


SECTION  IV 
146 


161 


rep  e  ti'tion 

extremely       cudgel 
shriek  flexible 


cab'i  net 

threshold         maintain 
messenger       outrageous 


147 


sen  sa'tion 

vanilla  peculiar 


res'tive 

violin  creature 

viol  description        conviction       contrast 

148 

re  volve'  se'ries 

Swedish  royal  disgust  slovenly 

Norwegian      fiery  loathsome       wealthy 

The  city  must  sell  a  new  seines  of  bonds. 

149 


ro  bust' 

sterling 

dictate             oxygen 
wholesale        ferment 

weapon           dough 
dimension       wafer 

sur  vive' 

ISO 

suf  lice' 

digit                rigid 
Yankee           vaseline 

motor               worship 
squeak             penitent 

Supplementary  Ex.  31 :   Dictation 

There  are  loyal  hearts,  there  are  spirits  brave, 
There  are  souls  that  are  pure  and  true ; 

Then  give  to  the  world  the  best  you  have 
And  the  best  will  come  back  to  you. 

—  Madeline  Bridges. 


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wor'sted 

tor'ture 

citizen 
sensation 

revolve 
remodel 

series 
repetition 

restive 
cabinet 

trai'tor 

152 

tran'som 

- 

disgrace 
blamable 

robust 
famine 

passage 
referred 

youth 
displace 

wharf 

153 

abstract 

drain 
drawl 

extent 
exchange 

random 
dwindle 

fickle 
abstain 

thor'ou 

154 

re  lieve' 

entrance 
enjoyment 

gourd 
tomato 

escort 
esteem 

impose 
sterling 

155 

gran'ite 

graduate              gulch 
exclamation         excusable 

mis  spelled' 

preferred          groove 
excessive          effect 

The  medicine  had  no  effect. 

156 

bap'tism  chis'el 

traitor  suffice  wharf  torture 

survive  transom  disinfect  abstract 


SECTION  IV 
157 


163 


di'a  mond 

lease  orator 

impair  worsted 


mis'chie  vous 

ledge,  recede 

instruction        launch 

158 


cler'i  cal  col  lapse' 

gorge  hastily  relieve  haven 

gender  thorough        urgent  exploration 


e  qua'tor 

locust  marvel 

mushroom        meager 


159 

tern 'per  a  ture 

suddenly  medium 

lukewarm         limitation 


160 


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arrival 

petition 

ascend 

mechanic 

locality 

influence 

scheme 

assistance 

standard 

atmosphere 

capable 

attain 

aught 

declarative 

measles 

steadily 

doily 

pension 

commerce 

foreigner 

compact 

friction 

pious 

complex 

poise 

composition 

wreath 

concede 

tornado 

confidence 

suite 

brethren 

dairying 

courtesy 

changeable 

critic 

shriek 

cudgel 

threshold 

maintain 

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extremely 

flexible 

messenger 

outrageous 

oxygen 

peculiar 

citizen 

remodel 

repetition 

cabinet 

restive 

sensation 

revolve 

series 

robust 

sterling 

survive 

suffice 

worsted 

torture 

traitor 

transom 

wharf 

abstract 

thorough 

relieve 

granite 

misspelled 

baptism 

chisel 

diamond 

mischievous 

clerical 

collapse 

equator 

temperature 

armory 

ghastly 

Note.  —  Add  other  words  which  have  been  misspelled  dur- 
ing the  past  two  months. 


ANNUAL    SPELLING   CONTEST 

a  ban' don  a  muse'ment  a*  slst'ance       breWren 

ab'straet1  anal'ysis  aVmos  phere    breVi  ty 

ae'dir&te  an  nouncyment    at  tarn'  brfl/er  y 

ae  quaint 'ance    ant  are' tie 
ad  van'tage         a  part'ment 

a  poT6  gy 

a  pos'tro"  phe" 

aVmor  y 

ar  riv'al 

a*  cend' 


aYl'ver  tl§e 
ai7r  ga  tSr 
ai'ti  tude 

al  to  geth'er 
a/ mi  a  ble 


aught 

bur'I  al * 

bal'eo"  ny 

e&b'i  net 

bap'ti§m 

eam'er  a 

Ben'ja  mm 

eSm'phOr 

beVer  age 

eSn'di  date 

be"  witeh'fng 

ean'6  p>' 

bi'as 

ea'pa  ble 

1  noun  and  adjective  ;  verb  is  accented  on  last  syllable. 


«  Ur'i  al. 


SECTION  IV 

165 

eSt'a  raet 

eon'fi  denge 

die'tion  a  ry. 

ex'e  eiite 

eau'tious 

eon'taet 

dis  ap  pear' 

ex  hale' 

gen  tSn'm  al 

eon  tra  diet' 

dis  sat/ is  fled 

ex  hi  bi'tion 

change' a  ble 

eon  vene' 

div'i  dend 

ex  pla  na'tion 

eAa'8s 

eor'dially2 

di  vis/i  ble 

ex  treme'ly  . 

chis/el 

e6rpse 

doi'ly 

fan'gi  ful 

choe'6  late 

eour'te"  sy 

dra'per  y 

f&th'om 

qir'eiiit 

ereVige 

drou^t 

fer'tile 

c.it'1  zen 

erit'ie 

druggist 

fes'ti  val 

giv'il 

erys'tal 

ea'sel 

fiend 

el&m'or 

eridg'el 

edu  ea'tion 

flex'i  ble 

eleVi  eal 

daAl'ia 

e  lee' trie 

fo'li  age 

eoin'age 

daVry  ing 

el'S  va  t5r 

for'ei<m  er 

vol  lapse ' 

damage 

em'pha  sis 

for  16rn' 

eol'Zege 

de  ea#' 

en'er  gy 

frag'ile 

e6m 'merge 

de  elar'a  tive 

Sn  llv'en 

fre'quent8 

eom  pact'  * 

de  file' 

gnti'tle 

fne'tion 

e5m'plex 

de  Kv'er 

Sn've  I5pe 

fur'ni  ture 

eom  po  si'tion 

den'tist 

£  qual'i  ty 

gal'Zant 

eon  qeaV 

de  pSnd'ent 

£  qua 'tor 

gal'Zer  y 

eon  gede' 

de"  sn-'ous 

e  quip' 

gen'er  ous 

eon  gern' 

de  tached' 

eVi  dent 

gen'u  me 

eon  diie'tor 

di'a  mond 

ejalt' 

gAast'ly 

1  adjectivt 

s  and  verb,  eom  paet' ; 

noun,  eom 'pact. 

seor'jaly. 

s  adjective,  fre'quent;  verb,  frequent'. 


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ging'Aam 

in  tr6  duge' 

m£  rid'i  an 

out  rfi'getms 

gos'pel 

in  trude' 

meVsen  ger 

ox'y  gen 

gran'ite 

jgal'ous 

mi  H'tia 

pa  la'tial 

grate'ful 

ju'bi  lant 

mil' ft  ner 

pam'phlSt 

gr&v'i  ty 

judg'ment 

mir'a  ele 

par' a  graph 

har  poon' 

ju'rist 

mis'chie  vous 

par'aJ  lei 

hearse 

yfcnack 

mission 

pa'tience  8 

heifer 

faiiick'le 

mis  spelled' 

peaQe'a  blfc 

heir'Sss 

lan'guage 

mod'er  ate 

pe"  eul'iar 

hftm'i  ny 

leg 'end 

mon'u"  ment 

pen'sion 

ho'sier  y  1 

li'bra  ry 

mo  ral'i  ty 

pe"  ti'tion 

hu  man'i  ty 

license 

miis'eu'  lar 

pi'geon 

1  de'al 

loathe 

mti  gi'cian 

pi'ous 

id  1 ^fie 

16  eal'i  ty 

na'tion  al 

poi§e 

im'age 

loy'al  ty 

neVes  s&  ry 

pol'i  cj 

im  ag'me 

lunch' eon 

ne'groes 

por'tr&it 

Im'i  tate 

ma  don'wa 

nii'mer  ous 

pov'er  ty 

in'd6  lent 

mam  tarn' 

ob  serve' 

prae'ti  eal 

in  dorse' 

ma'jor 

oe  ea'gion 

prin'ci  pal 

in' flu  enc,e 

man'i  fest 

o'dOr 

pri  va'tion§ 

in'nd  gent 

ma  te'ri  al§ 

6  pin' ion 

priv'i  lege 

in  san'I  ty 

mea'§le§ 

6r'dl  n&  ry 

pro' noun 

in'ti  mate  2 

m£eAan'i€ 

6"  rig'i  nal 

pul'Zey 

1  h6'zherjf. 

•  adjective; 

verb  is  In 'a  mftU. 

•  pa'shenc*. 

SECTION  IV 

167 

pyr'a  mid 

sali'va 

splen'ddr 

thresh' old 

qum'gy 

sar  dine' 

squab'  ble 

tor  na'do 

quo 'rum 

sat  is  fae'to  ry 

stam  pede' 

toVture 

ra'di  ant 

seAeme 

stand'ard 

traz'tSr 

ra'tion§ 1 

seourge 

sta'tion  er  y 

tran'som 

ra'z5r 

se'ere"  cy 

stead'i  ly 

troupers 

re  qeipt' 

see're  ta  ry 

sterling 

vagwe 

refer  enge 

sen  sa/tion 

stor'age 

va  Use' 

reg'is  ter 

ser  e  nade' 

stu'di  ous 

val'5r 

re  greeted 

serge 

su/fice' 

ver'diet 

r£  hears' al 

se'Heg 

suite 

ves'tibule 

rem' deer 

sher'iff 

sti  perb' 

viet'wals 

re  Keve' 

shrewd  3 

sur  vive' 

vis'i  ble 

rSm'nant 

shrtek 

syl7a  ble 

vi'sion 

X 

re  mod'el 

shriv'el 

sys'tem 

waltz 

rep  e  ti'tion 

s^ege 

tan'dem 

war' rant 

res  6  lu'tion 

sin  cere'ly 

tap'es  try 

wea'sel 

res'tau  rant 2 

si'phon 

te'di  ous 

wharf 

rSs'tive 

skel'e  ton 

tern 'per  a  ture 

wu/'ful 

re"  volve' 

so'cial 

ten'e  ment 

wor'sted 

ro  bust' 

sol'enm 

teVrage 

wreath 

rtif 'jft  an 

spS'cial 

thor'ough 

yacht 

Note.  —  Eeview  in  oral  contest  the  annual  contests  of  Sec- 
tions II  and  III ;  also  words  misspelled  during  the  year. 

1  In  military  usage  pronounced  ra'tidng.  *  reVtS  rant.  8  shrCRfcl. 


SECTION   V 


fur'nace  gas'e  ous 

tact  haggard  gargle  adapt 

sculptor  bacteria  canker  apparatus 

The  apartment  is  heated  with  a  furnace.     The  miners  were 
overcome  by  the  gaseous  odors. 


genius 

divisible  assume 

cablegram       ignorance 

glo'ri  ous 

detached  vanity 

bankrupt         gracious 


2 


3 


per  se  vere' 

varnish  materials 

embalm  munitions 

in  tel'li  gent 

insolent  valet 

applicant  servitude 


irk 'some 

regretted         rabid 
disappear        panic 


peas' ant 


negroes 
severity 


pasture 
temperance 


junc'tion 


pigeon 


odor 


com'pe  tent 

deceitful  myth 


partridge         restaurant       scandalous       immoral 

168 


SECTION  V 

rec'og  nize  cir'cu  lar 

furnace  gaseous  genius 

glorious  intelligent       irksome 


169 


joist 
persevere 


tan'ta  lize  trag'e  dy 

clothier  stencil  impede 

brethren  menace  objection 

8 

ver'ti  cal  par'a  ble 

peasant  biology  dismal 

banishment      operation  destination 


tandem 
pathetic 


viper 
flounder 


par'a  lyze  sar'casm 

omen  violent  wharf 

vision  definition  cruise 

10 

Cath'o  lie  a'pi  a  ry 

thwart  crucible  nitrate 

handicap  masticate  nourishment 


judicial 
beneficial 


desirable 
evaporate 


Supplementary  Ex.  1 :    s  and  es  to  form  Plurals ;  y  (preceded 
by  a  consonant)  to  ies 

widow  widows  penny  pennies 

couch  couches  gypsy  gypsies 

headdress  headdresses  journey  journeys 

Teacher  and  pupils  may  add  other  words  to  this  list. 


1  Lessons  numbered  in  this  manner  are  to  be  given  Mondays. 


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com  pul'so  ry  plen'ti  ful 

junction  tragedy  vertical  parable 

tantalize  competent        recognize        circular 

12 

ab  o  li'tion  bach'e  lor 

terrify  charitable         rumor  articulate 

paralyze  climax  sheathe  perfection 

13 

cal'en  dar  no'tice  a  ble 

torrent  jungle  cession  abate 

contagion         location  territory         corruption 

14 

eaves'drop  per  fer  til'i  ty 

interest  amaze  chaos  redeem 

encourage         capacity  selvage  temptation 

15 

gal'lows  per  sua'sion 

sarcasm  maxim  popular  flippant 

merriment        ministry  beverage         contortion 


Supplementary  Ex.  2 :   f  or  f e  to  ves  to  form  Plurals.      Irregu- 
lar Forms 

calf  calves  louse  lice 

thief  thieves  tooth  teeth 

knife  knives  child  children 

Teachers  and  pupils  may  add  other  words  to  this  list. 


SECTION  V                                  171 

il  lifer 

ate 

16 

en  er  get'ic 

hearse 

apiary 

calendar          dandruff 

abolition 

bachelor 

compulsory     plentiful 
17 

lin'e  ar 

ma'ni  ac 

accomplice 
eavesdropper 

conduit 
migrate 

lavatory          neuter 
noticeable        phonograph 

18 


neg'a  tive  dis  rep'u  ta  ble 

garland  obnoxious      variation         Catholic 

paradise  investigate    meditate  Protestant 


19 


sim'i  lar 
Latin  profitable 


quar  tet' 
recuperate       affection 


German  profligate       resurrection    feminine 

20 

pro  por'tion  ma  hog'a  ny 

drought  sublime  density  omission 

fertility  vocabulary    centralize        persuasion 


Supplementary  Ex.  3:   Dictation 

Heaven  doth  with  us  as  we  with  torches  do, 
Not  light  them  for  themselves  ;  for  if  our  virtues 
Did  not  go  forth  of  us,  'twere  all  alike 
As  if  we  had  them  not.  —  Shakespeare. 


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tab'leau  u'su  ry 

linear  maniac  negative  gallows 

disreputable         absolute  illiterate  energetic 

22 

vac'u  um  vi'cious 

instinct  .  legion  faction  belief 

compulsion  summary  derive  generous 

23 

ze'nith  a  bun'dant 

enrollment  similar  concise  lavender 

acquirement        anatomy  torpedo  hosiery 

24 

ser'geant  cal'lous 

cease  reduce  proportion        senate 

reform  glutton  corrugated        liberty 

25 

dea'con  e  clipse' 

visible  soprano  tenor  indorse 

mahogany  chorister  quartet  concave 


Supplementary  Ex.  4:   's,  or  '  alone,  in  forming  Possessives 

The  possessive  is  formed  by  adding  the  apostrophe  and  s, 
except  that  the  apostrophe  alone  is  added  to  a  plural  ending 
with  s. 

baby's  babies'  Brooks's  Readers 

child's  children's  Quakers'  meeting 

Teachers  and  pupils  may  add  other  words  to  this  list 


SECTION  V                                 173 

ac  cede' 

26 

ag'gra  vate 

cede                usury 
vacuum          vicious 

zenith                    rations 
tableau                 abundant 

cou  ra'geous 

27 

il  lus'trate 

callous            budget 
parboil           estimate 

restrain                 tepid 
sergeant                emetic 

joc'u  lar 

28 

ex  haust' 

verbena          refresh 
provision       ventilate 

knack                    scruple 
parquet                 require 

mar'riage 

29 

neu'tral 

livid                mica 
lucid               tinge 

fossil                     ability 
docile                    resolute 

ob'sti  nate 

30 

pa  ren'the  sis 

angular          refuge 
adhesive         seclusion 

parse                     invoice 
grammatical         respond 

Supplementary  Ex.  5:   Dictation 

1.  The  foundation  of  every  state  is  the  education  of  its 
youth.  —  Dionysius. 

2.  If  we  prefer  to  meet  danger  with  a  light  heart  but  with- 
out laborious  training,  and  with  a  courage  which  is  gained  by 
habit  and  not  enforced  by  law,  are  we  not  greatly  the  gainers  ? 

—  Pericles. 


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qui'nine  re  bePlion 

deacon                eclipse  accede              exhaust 

courageous         illustrate  jocular             variable 

32 

salm'on  pho'to  graph 

marriage            foreman  resemble          vibrate 

admonish            landscape  valentine         aggravate 

33 

ad  mis'si  ble  whole'some 

concern               allay  levy                 reign 

dynamic              extract  squabble          resign 

34 

be  hav'ior  bay'o  net 

wretch                truant  spherical         lurid 

neutral                timidity  semblance       grimace 

35 

cam  paign'  de  bate' 

donor                  duel  disfigure          serge 

according            vigilant  creditor          worsted 


Supplementary  Ex.  6:   ie  or  ei  ? 

piece  ceiling  niece  weigh 

frieze  perceive  receipt  neighbor 

If  e  and  i  sound  like  e,  write  e-i  after  c ;  after  others  write  i-e. 
But  either,  neither,  leisure,  seize,  weird,  and  weirs,  —  e-i  in 
these. 


SECTION 

V 

1 

in  quis'i 

36 

tive 

fed'er  al 

rebellion 
wholesome 

gist 
parenthesis 

quinine 
admissible 

salmon 
obstina 

gauge 

37 

her'o  in€ 

i 

bayonet 
behavior 

photograph 
serviceable 

morbid 
miserable 

wholly 
misled 

38 

im  ag'i  nary 

sep'a  ra 

ble 

ratio 
representative 

hyena 
tomahawk 

pose 
permanent 

pepsin 
parish 

175 


39 


lat'i  tude 


momentary 
commencement     excavation 


mar'tyr    % 

violate  exploit 

appeal  payable 


Supplementary  Ex.  7:    ci,  si,  and  ti  Pronounced  sh 

musician  tension  destruction 

physician  excursion  deprivation 

electrician.  transgression  reconstruction 

Teachers  and  pupils  may  add  to  this  list 

Supplementary  Ex.  8:   Dictation 

I  sometimes  hold  it  half  a  sin 
To  put  in  words  the  grief  I  feel ; 
For  words,  like  nature,  half  reveal 

And  half  conceal  the  soul  within.  —  Tennyson. 


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FIRST   SPELLING   CONTEST 


persevere 

gehius 

glorious 

intelligent 

irksome 

peasant 

junction 

competent 

recognize 

circular 

tantalize 

tragedy 

vertical 

parable 

paralyze 

sarcasm 

Catholic 

apiary 

compulsory 

plentiful 

abolition 

bachelor 

calendar 

noticeable 

eavesdropper 

fertility 

gallows 

persuasion 

illiterate 

energetic 

linear 

maniac 

negative 

similar 

proportion 

quartet 

disreputable 

tableau 

mahogany 

usury 

vacuum 

vicious 

zenith 

abundant 

sergeant 

callous 

deacon 

eclipse 

aggravate 

accede 

courageous 

illustrate 

jocular 

exhaust 

marriage 

neutral 

obstinate 

salmon 

quinine 

photograph 

parenthesis 

rebellion 

admissible 

wholesome 

behavior 

bayonet 

campaign 

debate 

inquisitive 

federal 

gauge 

heroine 

imaginary 

separable 

latitude 

martyr 

furnace 

gaseous 

Note.  —  Add  other  words  which  have  been  misspelled  during 
the  past  two  months. 


SECTION  V 

177 

ge'ni  al 

41 

rec  om 

mend' 

hence                 reveal 

vexation 

federal 

resolution         resume 

inquisitive 

continually 

san'i  ta  ry 

42 

tar'iff 

piety                  traffic 

aquatic 

debate 

revenge             shuffle 

campaign 

constant 

def 'i  nite 

43 

-  a  cad'e 

my 

novice  arson 

occupation        pirate 


corrode  gauge 

treasury  separable 


re  it'er  ate 

planet  rotate 


44 


car  bon'ic 

pilgrim  heroine 

science  imaginary    transfer  ancestry 

Science  is  organized  knowledge.  —  Herbert  Spencer. 

45 

de  coy'  con  fec'tion  er  y 

placid  social  access  durable 

rugged  martyr         latitude  slothful 


Supplementary  Ex.  9:   in  and  un  mean  "not 


incorrect 
indifferent 


indisposed 
indivisible 


unswept 
unexcelled 


unsought 
undecided 


Add  other  words  to  this  list. 


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in  ju'ri  ous  gey'ser 

sanitary  tariff  genial  academy 

advertisement       carbonic  definite        recommend 

47 

sen'ti  nel  im  par'tial 

petal  sojourn  trellis  college 

dahlia  conductor  trespass       rummage 

48 

ju've  nile  laun'dry 

sordid  cudgel  quinsy         plural 

reiterate  design  thorax         assumption 

49 

mas  quer  ade'  nui'sance 

custom  tumult  audit  conceal 

pamphlet  pollute  triumph       gossamer 

SO 

an  te  ced'ent  a  gil'i  ty 

razor  client  survive        aware 

opinion  position  impanel       consul 


Supplementary  Ex.  10:   er  and  or  mean  "one  who'' 

debater  visitor  invader  creator 

adviser  assessor  lecturer  instructor 

composer  operator  bookseller  inspector 

Add  other  words  to  this  list. 


SECTION  V 

179 

re  emit' 

51 

mis'tle  toe 

decoy             impartial 
hiccup           confectionery 

juvenile 
injurious 

geyser 
laundry 

tel'e  graph 

52 

ve  loc'i  ty 

postpone        indentation 
sentinel         masquerade 

gratify 
forbade 

siege 
nuisance 

a  chieve' 

53 

be  siege' 

procure          shriek 
resolve          suction 

presume 
previous 

mortise 
gingham 

cas'u  al 

54 

de  fi'ant 

purge             supple 
prolong  •       supplant 

* 

sulphur 
regulate 

prospect 
punctual 

•    el'e  gant 

55 

fl  nance' 

surname        license 

swerve 

ovation 

surrender      Benjamin 

supposition 

overseer 

Supplementary  Ex.  11:    mis  means  "wrong" ;  re,  "again"  or 

"back" 

misrule  reelect  misuse  return 

misfortune  reapply  misspell  reclaim 

misinformed         rebuild  misbehave  reaction 

Add  other  words  to  this  list. 


180  NEW  CHAMPION  SPELLING   BOOK 

56 

gla'cier  hick'o  ry 

besiege  velocity  mistletoe  recruit 

telegraph       changeable     antecedent  achieve 

57 


in  ca'pa  ble 

lei' sure 

origin             advocate 

Orient                  accrue 

ornament       organism 

organization        defiant 

58 

mas'sa  ere 

o  paque' 

abandon         cadet 

borne                    casual 

dependent      pacific 

apology                formula 

59 

pen'du  lum 

ref  er  ee' 

accurate         deface  adoption  agility 

inclination     bewitching     commandment    certificate 

60 

sched'ule  tex'ture 

alluring  sect  congestion  concession 

advantage      contend  messenger  apostrophe 


Supplementary  Ex.  12 :   dis  means  "  not  "  ;  f ul,  "  full  of  " 

disagree  cupful  disobey  painful 

disunion  doubtful  displease  heedful 

disinfect  willful  disappoint  skillful 

Add  other  words  to  this  list. 


SECTION  V  181 

61 

con  ceit'  ac  knowl'edge 

elegant  leisure  glacier  opaque 

incapable  finance  massacre         hickory 

62 


bil'ious 
analysis  estate 


ca  tarrh1 


patent  convey 

pendulum      crumple  amiable 


analyze 

63 

del'e  gate  el'o  quent 

antarctic  dropsy  dissent  syllable 

amusement  disclose  dissatisfied      apartment 

64 

for' age  gor'geous 

abhor  enable  elevator  domain 

announcement     referee  alligator  advertise 


65 


in  cense' 


con 'science 

arrival  exceed  focus  armory 

acquaintance       essence  altitude  indolent 


Supplementary  Ex.  13:  Dictation 

1.  Labor  to  keep  alive  in  your  breast  that  little  spark  of 
celestial  fire  called  conscience.  —  Washington. 

2.  Little  were  a  change  of  station,  loss  of  life  or  crown, 
But  the  wreck  were  past  retrieving  if  the  Man  fell  down. 

—  Lowell. 


182  NEW  CHAMPION  SPELLING  BOOK 

66 

le'ni  ent  mem  o  ran'dum 

eloquent  texture  delegate  bilious 

acknowledge  catarrh  convince  schedule 

67 

op  por  tu'ni  ty  pen  in'su  la 

community  gaunt  forage  conceit 

atmosphere  frugal  expound  conceive 

68 

reg'i  ment  hid'e  ous 

relieve  hoard  aught  gradual 

explanation  jobber  ignoble  empire 

69 

the'a  ter  vi  cin'i  ty 

heiress  indent  imitate  attain 

assistance  lattice  ascending  edition 

70 

ad'e  quate  block  ade' 

burial  marine  liberal  pigment 

athlete  intrust  abstract  gorgeous 


Supplementary  Ex.  14:   per  means  "through"  ;  pre,  "before"  ; 
pro,  "  forth  " 

proceed  prepaid  preamble  pervade 

preparation  perceive  procession  pervious 

Add  other  words  to  this  list. 


SECTION  V  183 

71 

ad'mi  ra  ble  de  li'cious 

hideous  incense  conscience  lenient 

opportunity      peninsula        memorandum    regiment 

72 

me  nag'er  ie  ca  mou  flage' 

brevity  nasal  modify  lunar 

vicinity  membrane       balcony  bribery 


73 

gov'ern  ment 

ho  ri'zon 

theater              odious 

bias                     poverty 

summon           passion 

74 

intrude               numeral 

in  cen'tive 

e  lab'o  rate 

basis                  canopy 

influence             camphor 

reliance             portray 

suppress              cautious 

The  basis  of  good  manners  is  self-reliance.  —  Emerson. 

75 

mi'cro  scope 

or'ches  tra 

crystal              intention 

corpse                 pretext 

crevice              maintain 

recover                willful 

Supplementary  Ex.  15:  anti  means  "against";  ante,  "before" 

antedate  antisocial         anteroom  anticlimax 

antecedent         antitoxin         antechamber         antislavery 

Add  other  words  to  this  list. 


184            NEW  CHAMPION  SPELLING  BOOK 

76 

per' jure 

re  li'gion 

adequate            blockade 

admirable 

horizon 

menagerie          camouflage 

government 

delicious 

77 

sculp'ture 

as  sign' 

- 

cataract              secede 

salute 

elaborate 

computation      incentive 

78 

contact 

candidate 

con  ven'ience 

di  vine' 

coinage               submit 

robust 

divinity 

professor             solvent 

79 

stately 

contradict 

bois'ter  ous 

cem'e  ter  y 

cordially             surmise 

transmit 

camera 

sympathize        pension 

centennial 

citizen 

Supplementary  Ex.  16 :   Biblical  Names 

Galilee  Damascus  Isaac  Canaan 

Jerusalem  Euphrates  Gethsemane       Ezekiel 


Solomon               Israel 

Bethlehem          Esther 

Supplementary  Ex.  17: 

Abbreviated  Spellings 

though                  tho 
through                thru 
thorough               thoro 
throughout           thruout 

catalogue            catalog 
pedagogue          pedagog 
demagogue          demagog 
dialogue              dialog 

SECTION  V 


185 


80 


SECOND    SPELLING    CONTEST 


sanitary 

tariff 

definite 

academy 

reiterate 

carbonic 

confectionery 

decoy 

injurious 

geyser 

sentinel 

impartial 

juvenile 

laundry 

masquerade 

nuisance 

antecedent 

agility 

mistletoe 

recruit 

telegraph 

velocity 

achieve 

besiege 

casual 

defiant 

elegant 

finance 

glacier 

hickory 

incapable 

leisure 

massacre 

opaque 

pendulum 

referee 

schedule 

texture 

acknowledge 

conceit 

bilious 

catarrh 

delegate 

eloquent 

forage 

gorgeous 

conscience 

incense 

lenient 

hideous 

opportunity 

peninsula 

regiment 

theater 

memorandum 

vicinity 

adequate 

blockade 

admirable 

delicious 

menagerie 

incentive 

government 

horizon 

camouflage 

elaborate 

microscope 

orchestra 

perjure 

religion 

sculpture 

assign 

convenience 

divine 

boisterous 

cemetery 

geni 

al 

recommend 

Note.  —  Add  other  words  which  have  been  misspelled  dur- 
ing the  past  two  months. 


186  NEW  CHAMPION  SPELLING  BOOK 

81 

fra  ter'nal  as  pir'ant 

agitate  solemn  addicted  veneer 

imagination       ambitious       orchestra  almshouse 

82 


trea'son 

in  clo'sure 

antelope 
chocolate 

appease 
convene 

readily              religion 
perjure              emulate 

ob'stacle 

83 

mile'age 

courtesy 
composition 

artifice 
assign 

compact            divine 
sculpture          confidence 

par'ti  ci  pie 

84 

ab  hor'rence 

chisel 
clerical 

biped 
govern 

preceding         commerce 
proceedings      plunder 

re  mem'brance 

85 

se  mes'ter 

microscope 
convenience 

despot 
cemetery 

arouse               critic 
collapse             boisterous 

Supplementary  Ex.  18:   Dictation 

No  life 
Can  be  pure  in  its  purpose  and  strong  in  its  strife, 
And  all  life  not  be  purer  and  stronger  thereby. 


Owen  Meredith. 


SECTION 

V                                187 

tol'  er  ate 

86 

treach'er  ous 

abhorrence 

obstacle 

mileage           inclosure 

international 

treason 

fraternal         aspirant 

87 

cur'ren  cy 

dentist  opera 

complex  commotion 

On  the  advice  of  his  counsel,  the 
Do  you  counsel  me  to  refuse  ? 


coun'sel 

concede  damage 

altogether       chaplain 

witness  refused  to  answer. 


88 


de  ni'al 

applause  defile 

correspondence     traitor 

friv'o  lous 

desirous  discuss 

discourage  dynamo 

in  dig'nant 

doily  elude 


en  am 'el 

participle        decay 
necessary 


condole 


89 


90 


dividend 


frolic 
traffic 
picnic 


endure 


gran'deur 

difficulty         piazza 
dictionary       deliver 

lifer  a  ture 

druggist  edify 

declarative     drapery 


Supplementary  Ex.  19:   Word  Building 


frolicsome 
trafficking 
picnicking 


frolicked 

trafficked 

picnicked 


frolicking 
trafficker 
picnicker 


188  NEW  CHAMPION  SPELLING  BOOK 

91 

mil  lion  aire'  mel'an  chol  y 

privilege  counsel  denial  enamel 

remembrance       semester  tolerate  treacherous 

92 

ap  pear'ance  re  pub'lic 

civil  downy  exhort  easel 

sincerely  grandeur  diamond        distill 

93 

sem'i  co  Ion  fa  tigue' 

extort  furious  forecast         exalt 

dragon  enliven  emphasis       electric 

94 

al'ge  bra  coun'cil 

equip  confirm  entitle  genteel 

exhale  currency  frivolous        execute 

95 

sen'ti  ment  en  core' 

envelope  impure  evident  ignore 

equality  industry  disposal         extremely 


Supplementary  Ex.  20:   Words  to  be  Distinguished 

council  advise  specie  lightning  devise 

counsel  advice  species  lightening  device 

Use  all  these  words  in  sentences ;  for  example :  The  council 
met  early  and  advised  the  governor  to  demand  payment  in 
specie.     The  explorer  has  found  a  new  species  of  deer. 


SECTION  V 

189 

96 

dis  con '  so  late                gui  tar' 

Dpearance        republic           semicolon 
telancholy       indignant        millionaire 

capable 
literature 

97 

in  di  vid'u  al                  lon'gi  tude 

/fcigue               kidney             devotion 
/uciful             equator           internal 

irate 
fathom 

98 


sa'vor  y 

fiend  luxury 

fertile  algebra 

res  ig  na'tion 

fragile  obedient 

frequent  navigation 


99 


phy  si'cian 

relative  textile 

relation  festival 

sig'na  ture 

convention        oppose 
furniture  foliage 


lOO 


trans  act' 

predicate  council 

complement      perplex 


or'chid 

placard 
granite 


forlorn 
flexible 


Supplementary  Ex.  21:   Words  to  be  Distinguished 

marshal  mustard  capital  bridal         compliment 

martial  mustered         Capitol         bridle  complement 

Use  all  these  words  in  sentences  ;  for  example  :  The  marshal 
mustered  the  paraders  in  front  of  the  Capitol.  They  presented 
a  martial  appearance. 


190  NEW  CHAMPION  SPELLING  BOOK 

lOl 


cham'pi  on 

de  part'ment 

individual       guitar 
sentiment        encore 

longitude                savory 
disconsolate           physician 

e  nor' mi  ty 

102 

func'tion 

gallant            prior 
foreigner         propose 

circuit                     quibble 
resignation             friction 

in  ser'tion 

103 

pre'cious 

gavel                rigor 
vestibule         notary 

gallery                    gravity 
humanity               interior 

mo  nop'o  ly 

104 

pi'ra  cy 

terrace            sedate 
genuine           signify 

respectable             satire 
consideration         grateful 

105 

cov'e  nant 

ghastly  survey 

misspelled       subsist 


skep'tic 

stationery  policy 

congratulations      signature 


Supplementary  Ex.  22:   Dictation 

1.  There  is  nothing  more  precious  than  time,  and  uothing 
more  prodigally  wasted. 

2.  Harmony  and  liberal  intercourse  with  all  nations  are 
recommended  by  policy,  humanity,  and  interest. 

—  Washington. 


SECTION  V 
106 


191 


mer'can  tile 

transact         orchid 
enormity       function 

clem 'en  cy 

hominy  utilize 

harpoon         traverse 


en  thu'si  asm 

ideal  absorption 

image 


com  pet'i  tor 

indicate  precious 

champion  department 

107 

dep'u  ty 

verify  monopoly 

piracy  prohibition 

108 


in  fe'ri  or 

tractor  idiotic 

admiration      agriculture        judgment 

109 


ad  ven'ture 


insanity 
intimate 


majority 
arbitrate 


impress 
assembly 


mus  tache' 

insertion 
amputate 


prej'u  dice 

jovial  battery 

introduce       energy 


HO 


gospel 
mischievous 


ri'val  ry 

augment 
imagine 


Supplementary  Ex.  23:   Words  to  be  Distinguished 

effect  patients  assistants  gamble  formerly 

affect  patience  assistance  '        gambol  formally 

Use  all  these  words  in  sentences ;  for  example :  This  inven- 
tion will  affect  many  industries.  It  may  effect  the  ruin  of  a 
few.     It  will  have  a  good  effect  on  commerce. 


192  NEW  CHAMPION  SPELLING  BOOK 

111 


par  ti'tion 

tu  i'tion 

covenant         deputy 
clemency         competitor 

mercantile 
enthusiasm 

skeptic 
inferior 

an 'arch  y 

112 

sub  ma  rine' 

jurist               Christian 
Japanese         coincidence 

jubilant 
i       competition 

jealous 
cavalry 

di'a  logue 

113 

ep  i  dem'ic 

luncheon         creator 

knuckle 

loyalty 

mustache        corpulent 

customary 

connectio 

neg'li  gence 

114 

ly  ce'um 

loathe              dignity 
scheme            deliberate 

language 
disturbance 

library 
deception 

bririiant 

115 

proph' 

e  sy 

locality           emblem 
machinery      equatorial 

mechanic 
adventure 

legend 
eulogize 

Supplementary  Ex.  24 :   "Words  to  be  Distinguished 

principal  lie  difference  currant  baron 

principle  lay  deference  current  barren 

Use  all  these  words  in  sentences ;  for  example :  What  is 
the  principal  difference  between  these  men  ?  One  acts  accord- 
ing to  his  principles  ;  the  other  is  too  much  affected  by  current 
events  and  by  the  currents  of  public  opinion. 


SECTION  V  193 

116 


rhythm  spin'ach 

anarchy  rivalry  dialogue  tuition 

prejudice  submarine        partition  epidemic 


tyr'an 

117 

par' 

lia  merit 

expansion 
monument 

fissure 
fabulous 

major                 militia 
fortification       miracle 

118 

colo'nel 

ep'i 

taph 

meridian 

negligence 

shrivel 

baptism 

muscular 

hospitality 

119 

mission 

moderate 

prec'i 

pice 

mys 

/ter  y 

morality  milliner  musician  lyceum 

occasion  inference  instigation  madonna 


Supplementary  Ex.  25 :   y  in  Unaccented  Syllables  Pronounced 

l,  or  l 

van'ity  atroc'ity  oc'cupy  rat'ify 

sys  tern  at'ic         no  to  ri'e  tjr  mul'ti  ply         mag'ni  fy 


Supplementary  Ex.  26:   Dictation 

New  occasions  teach  new  duties  ; 

Time  makes  ancient  good  uncouth ; 
They  must  upward  still,  and  onward, 

Who  would  keep  abreast  of  truth. 

—  Lowell. 


194            NEW 

CHAMPION 

SPELLING  BOOK 

120 

THIRD    SPELLING   CONTEST 

remembrance 

inclosure 

treason 

mileage 

participle 

abhorrence 

semester 

obstacle 

treacherous 

tolerate 

currency 

counsel 

denial 

enamel 

frivolous 

grandeur 

melancholy 

literature 

millionaire 

indignant 

appearance 

republic 

semicolon 

fatigue 

algebra 

council 

sentiment 

encore 

disconsolate 

guitar 

individual 

longitude 

savory 

physician 

resignation 

signature 

transact 

orchid 

champion 

department 

enormity 

function 

insertion 

precious 

monopoly 

piracy 

covenant 

skeptic 

mercantile 

deputy 

clemency 

competitor 

enthusiasm 

inferior 

adventure 

mustache 

prejudice 

rivalry 

partition 

tuition 

submarine 

anarchy 

dialogue 

epidemic 

negligence 

lyceum 

brilliant 

prophesy 

rhythm 

spinach 

tyranny 

parliament 

colonel 

epitaph 

precipice 

mystery 

fraternal 


aspirant 


Note.  —  Add  other  words  which  have  been  misspelled  during 
the  past  two  months. 


SECTION  V  195 

121 

tro'phy  at  tor'ney 

especially         literal  prophesy        irritate 

brilliant  measles  prophecy        legitimate 

He  prophesies  good  weather.     Do  you  believe  his  prophecy  ? 

122 


com 

mit'tee 

des'ti  tute 

>rous 

tyranny 

manifest 

rhythm 

ional 

decompose 

numerous 

prosecute 

123 

ap  par'el  pro  fi'cient 

steadily            colonel  observe           epitaph 

ordinary           parliament  penetrate        original 

124 

strafe  gy  an  ni  ver'sa  ry 

paragraph        thorough  oxygen           spinach 

outrageous       exhibition  privations       mystery 

125 

et'i  quette  ar'bi  tra  ry 

pulley               consumption  palatial           principal 

precipice           scavenger  clamor            reduction 


Supplementary  Ex.  27 :   Drill  in  Pronunciation 

Dan'ish,  beyond',  ex'tra,  aus'pi  c8§,  facade7,  Isolate, 
frtis'tum,  recess',  debitt',  bon'wet,  mis'ehie  vous,  larynx, 
phar'ynx,  drowned,  receipt',  preferable,  r6c/ipe,  fron'tter, 
zoSl'ogy-,  precedent,  nozzle,  v5l  eanle,  creek,  won'dgr, 
wan'dgr,    gin  Qlrc  nat%    subtle,   te  leg'ra  pher,   Los  An'ggl  6s. 


196  NEW  CHAMPION  SPELLING  BOOK 

126 


crit'i  cize 

can  eel  la'tion 

trophy             attorney 
innocent          proficient 

destitute              strategy 
anniversary         committee 

a'er  o  plane 

127 

a'vi  a  tor 

pronoun          tribune 
pyramid          vagrant 

vigilance              patience 
partiality             education 

a  non'y  mous 

128 

bar'ba  rism 

portrait           parallel 
gratitude        abutment 

practical               wizard 
temperature         peaceable 

in  sur'ance 

129 

drain' age 

buoy                assessor 
yacht              peculiar 

archipelago          pliant 
circumstances      petition 

e  van'gel  ist 

poise  apparel 

quorum  ceremony 


130 

al'ien 

transportation     pious 
communication  bequeath 


Supplementary  Ex.  28:   Dictation 

1.  Every  right  action  and  true  thought  sets  the  seal  of  its 
beauty  on  person  and  face.  — Ruskin. 

2.  People  who  have  not  made  friends  with  the  birds  do 
not  know  how  much  they  miss.  Especially  to  one  living  in 
the  country,  of  strong  local  attachments  and  an  observing  turn 
of  mind,  does  an  acquaintance  with  the  birds  form  a  close  and 
invaluable  tie.  —  Burroughs. 


SECTION  V 
131 


197 


per  pen  dic'u  lar  sym'me  try 

aviator  aeroplane       anonymous       cancellation 

etiquette        arbitrary        criticize  barbarism 

132 

syn'o  nym  re  sourc'es 

receipt  constancy       drainage  comely 

insurance        composure      dairying  remodel 


slaugh'ter 

radiant  daffodil 

register  crocodile 


133 


cyl'in  der 

heifer  reindeer 

derivation         rehearsal 


134 


anx  i'e  ty 

ruffian  disperse 

reference        director 


des'per  ate 

divorce  axiom 

satisfactory       sediment 

135 

ac  com'mo  date  char'ac  ter 

restive  erosion  alloy  siphon 

repetition       experience      remnant  mercury 


Supplementary  Ex.  29 :   Long  u  Grouping 


du'bi  cms 
il  lu'sive 
su  per  sede' 
su  per  sti'tion 


tu'bu  lar 
com  mute' 
su  per  flu'i  ty 
su  per  struc'ture 


nu'tri  ment 
su  per  vi'sion 
sti  per  an'nu  ate 
su  per  in  tend'ent 


Add  other  words  to  this  list. 


198  NEW  CHAMPION  SPELLING  BOOK 

136 


pro  ce'dure 

synonym         alien 
evangelist       surge 

con'fer  ence 

desperate        anxiety 
hemlock  garrison 


chem'i  cal 

slaughter  cylinder 

perpendicular       symmetry 

137 

.tes'ta  merit 

gondola  canvass 

fragmentary         election 

138 


nau'se  ate 

laud 'able 

saliva              sterling 

habitation            hesitate 

splendor          hydrant 

impediment          treasurer 

al  lies' 

139 

com  pan 'ion 

special             revolve 

intricate                sardine 

session             infinitive 

stampede              indemnity 

sus  pi'cious 

140 

ac  count'ant 

skeleton           colonies 
studious           resources 

scourge                 secrecy 
locomotive            Jehovah 

Supplementary  Ex.  30:   Homonyms 

plain,  plane                    hail,  hale                         serge,  surge 
canvas,  canvass               cession,  session              bolder,  bowlder 

Use  all  these  words  in  sentences  ;  for  example :  A  biplane 
has  two  planes.  The  canvass  shows  that  the  bill  can  be  passed 
at  this  session  of  Congress.  What  a  hale  old  man  he  is !  The 
crowd  surged  into  the  room. 


SEC 

:tion  V                          199 

141 

in  her'it  ance 

bal'us  ter 

allies              usage 

nauseate        laudable 

alliance         accommodate    conference     chemical 

142 

chiv'al  ry 

con'scious 

shrewd           miraculous 

sheriff            serenade 

character      mechanism 

mutilate        management 

143 

em'bas  sy 

lieu  ten 'ant 

superb           giblets 

secretary        storage 

standard       oculist 

procedure      nominate 

144 

con  demn' 

he'li  o  trope 

series             cabinet 

testament      phantom 

suffice           political 

preposition    situation 

145 

jug'gler  y 

an'guish 

sensation      pioneer 

suite               profanity 

pulverize      companion 

scrofula         responsible 

Supplementary  Ex.   31:    Dictation 

I  wandered  lonely  as  a  cloud 

That  floats  on  high  o'er  vales  and  hills, 
When  all  at  once  I  saw  a  crowd, 

A  host,  of  golden  daffodils, 
Beside  the  lake,  beneath  the  trees, 
Fluttering  and  dancing  in  the  breeze. 

—  WORDSWOKTH. 


200  NEW  CHAMPION  SPELLING  BOOK 

146 


max'i  mum 

de  vel'op 

chivalry          accountant 
suspicious        conscious 

embassy 
recreation 

lieutenant 
baluster 

vogue 

trivial              sobriety 
condemn         stability 

147 

tes'ti  mo 

triangle 
subjective 

tapestry 
inventor 

de  spair' 

tornado           allurement 
trousers           inheritance 

148 

woe'ful 

politics 
tedious 

likewise 
superior 

ve'hi  cle 

149 

wield 

transom          zodiac 
heliotrope        vindicate 

conduce 
abdominal 

threshold 
valuation 

ad  he'sion 

150 

a  bom'i  na  ble 

valor                obligation 
tenement        admonition 

torture 
albumen 

impatient 
sacrifice 

Supplementary  Ex.  32:  Dictation 

The  tumult  and  the  shouting  dies  ; 

The  captains  and  the  kings  depart ; 
Still  stands  thine  ancient  sacrifice, 

An  humble  and  a  contrite  heart. 
Lord  God  of  Hosts,  be  with  us  yet, 
Lest  we  forget  —  lest  we  forget !  — Kipling. 


SECTION  V  201 

151 

debt'or  com  mer'cial 

anguish  jugglery  develop         maximum 

testimony      mathematics        system  industrial 

152 

bias  pheme'  syn'di  cate 

vogue  headquarters       valise  verdict 

intrusion        inauguration       aptitude        apprentice 

153 


chrys'a  lis 

ex  ist'ence 

vehicle            despair                 export           vague 
victuals          establishment      brocade         bacillus 

con  gen'ial 

154 

suf  fi'cient 

waltz              weasel 
decrease         ensilage 

coerce            woeful 
warrant        chandelier 

155 

pres'sure 

e.con'o  my 

wreath            despise                 account         wield 
wreathe          consequence        distribute      congress 

156 

Fil  i  pi'no  a  pos'tle 

adhesion         syndicate  phase  debtor 

blaspheme      abominable  chrysalis       commercial 


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157 


sep'ul  cher 

in  trep'id 

amnesty          commodious 

affiliate           tactics 

neutrality       circumference 

antipathy       alternate 

158 

an  tique' 

chron'i  cle 

ascension         combination 

apathy            arsenic 

artesian           aristocratic 

assassin          appendix 

159 


su  per'flu  ous 

authorize         appliance 
explosive         automobile 


u  nan'i  mous 

atheist  auction 

existence        rational 


160 

FOURTH   SPELLING   CONTEST 

committee       destitute  apparel  proficient 


strategy 

anniversary 

etiquette 

arbitrary 

criticize 

cancellation 

aeroplane 

aviator 

anonymous 

barbarism 

insurance 

drainage 

evangelist 

perpendicular 

alien 

symmetry 

synonym 

resources 

slaughter 

cylinder 

anxiety 

accommodate 

desperate 

character 

procedure 

chemical 

conference 

testament 

nauseate 

laudable 

allies 

companion 

suspicious 

inheritance 

accountant 

baluster 

SECTION  V 

203 

chivalry 

conscious 

embassy 

lieutenant 

condemn 

heliotrope 

jugglery 

anguish 

maximum 

develop 

vogue 

testimony 

despair 

woeful 

vehicle 

wield 

adhesion 

abominable 

commercial 

debtor 

blaspheme 

syndicate 

chrysalis 

existence 

congenial 

sufficient 

pressure 

economy 

Filipino 

apostle 

sepulcher 

intrepid 

antique 

chronicle 

superfluous 

unanimous 

trophy 

attorney 

Note.  —  Add  other  words  which  have  been  misspelled  dur- 
ing the  past  two  months. 

ANNUAL   SPELLING   CONTEST      • 
abhor'rence        adhesion  an'guish  Sspir'ant 

i£b  6  li'tion  ad' mi  ra  ble 

a  bom'i  na  ble     ad  mis 'si  ble 
a  bun'dant  ad  ven'ttire 


an  ni  ver'sa  ry  as  si<7n' 


a  non'y  mous     at  tftr'ney 
an  te  ced'ent      a'vi  a  tdr 


a  ead'e  my 

a'er  6  plane 

an  tique' 

b&ch'e  I5r 

ac  cede' 

ag'gra  vate 

anx  I'e  ty 1 

bal'us  ter 

a<?  eom'mo  date 

agil'ity 

a'pi  a  ry 

bar'ba  ri§m 

slc  count' ant 

al'ge  bra 

a  pos'de 

bay'6  net 

a  chieve' 

al'ien 

ap  par'el 

be"  hav'iSr 

ac&nowl'edge 

aZ lie§' 

ap  pear'ance 

be  siege' 

acl'e  quate 

an'arc^  y 

ar'bi  tra  ry 

bil'ious 

1  Sngzi'ety. 

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bias  pheme'     eowi  mlt't&e  d&  fi'ant  en  e6re'  6 


dgf'i  nite 
del' 6  g&te 
d£  li'cious 
de"  ni'al 


bl5ck  ade'         eom  pan' ion 

bois'ter  ous      €om'p^  tent 

bril'Ziant  €om  pet'i  tor 

eal'en  dar         eom  pul'so  ry 

eal'Zous  eon  qeitf 

ea  mou  flage' 1  eon  denm' 

earn  pJuVm'       eon  f  ee'tion  8r  y  d£  spair' 

ean  ceZ  la'tion  eon'fer  ence         des'per  ate 

eiirbon'ie         eongen'ial  dgs'ti  tutc 


Sn  er  geVle 
£  nor'mi  ty 
en  thu'gi  a§m 
ep  1  dem'ie 


d6  part' men  t     ep'I  taph 
dep'ti  ty  gt'i  quZtte 

&  v&n'gel  1st 
e£  Aaust' 
ej  ist'ence 


eas'ti  al 2 

eon' science4 

d£  vel'op 

fa  tigwe7 

ea  t&rrh' 

eon'scious  5 

di'a  logue 

fed'er  al 

€&th'6  lie 

eon  ven'ience 

dis  eon' so  late 

fer  til'i  ty 

ggm'^  ter  y 

eoun'^il 

dls  rgp'ti  ta  ble  Fil  I  pi'no 

cham'pi  on 

eoun'sel 

di  vine' 

f  I  nSnge' 

eMr'ae  ter 

eou  ra'geous 

dram' age 

for' age 

eAein'i  eal 

eov'e^  nant 

eaves/ drop  joei 

'  fra  ter'nal 

chiv'al  ry 

erit'i  gize 

£  elipse' 

friv'6  lous 

eAron'I  ele 

etir'ren  gy 

£  e5n'6  my 

fiine'tion 

eArys'a  lis 

gyl'in  der 

£  lab' 6  rite 

fur'n&ge 

cix'eu  lar 

dea'eon 

81'  6  gant 

gal'Zowg 

elem'en  gy 

d6  bate' 

el'6  quent 

gas'S  ous 

eolo'nel 3 

de&t'or 

em'ba*  sy 

gawge 

eom  mer'cial 

d6  eoy' 

gn  am 'el 

ge'ni  al 

1  kit  mOT  flazh'.       9  kazh'fl  al.      8  kftr'nel.      *  kdn'shenf*.       B  kin'shus.       •  ang  k5r'. 


SECTION  V 

205 

gen'ius 

in  her 'it  ange  m&v'riage 

6  paqwe' 

gey'ser 

in  j u'  ri  ous      mar'  ty r  6 

op  pox  tii'ni  ty 

gla'cier 1 

in  quis/i  tive    mas  qwer  ade' 

or'eAes  tra 

glo'ri  ous 

in  ser'tion       mas'sa  ere  7 

or'eAid 

g6r'geous 

in  sur'ange  4    max'!  mum 

par'a  ble 

gov'ern  ment  in  tel'Zl  gent  mel'an  e^ol  y 

par' a  lyze 

gran'detir       in  trep'id 
gwi  tar'  irk 'some 

hell  6  trope    jSe'ti  lar 
her '6  ine  jiig'^ler  y 

junction 
ju've"  nile 
lat'i  tiide 
laud' a  ble 
lawn' dry 


mem  6  ran'dum  pa  rSn'the  sis 
me  nag'er  le       par'lia  ment 


hick' 6  ry 
hid'e"  ous 
ho  ri'zon 
1/  lit'er  ate 
lHus'trate 


Im  ag'i  na  ry  leisure  5 
lm  par'tial      le'ni  ent 


mer'ean  tile 
mi'ero  seope 
mile'age 
mil  lion  aire' 
mis' tie  toe 
mo  nop'6  ly 
mus  taghe' 
mys'ter  y 
nau'se  ate  8 


in  €a'pa  ble     Keti  ten'ant     neg'a  tive 


mgense'2  lin'e  ar 

in  gen'tive  lit'er  a  ture 

in  elo'sure  3  lon'gi  tude 

in  dig'nant  ly  ge'um 

m  di  vidji  al  ma  hog' a  nj-    ob'sta  ele 

in  fe'ri  5r  ma'ni  ae  ob'sti  nate 

1gla'she 


neg'li  gence 
neu'tral 
no'tige  a  ble 
nm'sange 


par'ti  91  pie 
par  ti'tion 
peas/ant 
pSn'du  lum 
pen  m'su  la 
per'jure 

per  pen  die '6 14r 
per  se  vere' 
per  sua'§ion 
pho'to  graph 
phy  gi'cian 
pi'ra  gy 
plgn'ti  ful 
prg'cious 
prgg'I  pige 
prej'u  dige 


8  verb  ;  noun  is  in 'cens«.      8  In  klo'zhur.       *  In  sh<5or'anc«.       6  le'zhur. 
6  mar'ter.         7  -ker.         8  na'she  at. 


206  NEW  CHAMPION  SPELLING  BOOK 

pres'stire1  rhythm  spin'ach 4  transact7 


pr6  ge'dilre 

ri'val  ry 

strati  gy 

treach  'er  ous 

prftfi'cient2 

sa7m'6n 

sub  ma  Tine' 

treason 

proph'e"  sy 

s&n'i  t&  ry 

su/fi'cient2 

tro'phy 

pr6  portion 

siir'cagm 

su  per' flu  ous 

ttl  I'tion 

quar  tet' 

sa/v5r  y 

sus  pi'cious 

tyr'aw  ny 

qui' nine 

scAScrule 

sym'wie*  try 

ti  nan'I  mous 

re*  bel'Zion 

sculp' ture 

syn'di  e&te 

u'sti  ry  6 

rec'og  nize 

se"  mes'ter 

syn'6  nym 

vae'tl  um 

rec  om  m8nd' 

sem'i  €o  Ion 

tab'leau  6 

ve'hi  ele 

r£  erm't' 

sSn'ti  ment 

tan'ta  lize 

v6  loc/i  ty 

r8f  er  ee' 

sgn'ti  nel 

t&r'iff 

ver'ti  eal 

reg'i  ment 

sep'a  ra  ble 

tel'£  graph 

vi  cin'I  ty 

r£  it'er  ate 

sep'ul  eAer 

tes'ta  ment 

vi'cious7 

r6  li'gzon 

ser'geant 3 

tes'ti  mo  ny 

vdgwe 

t&  mem'branQe 

sig'na  ture 

tSx'ttire 

whole 'some 

r6  pub' lie 

sim'!  lar 

the'a  ter 

wield 

re§  lg  na/tion 

skep'tie 

tol'er  ate 

w5e'ful 

re  sowrc'e's 

slau#^'ter 

trfig'e"  dy 

ze'nith 

Note.  —  Review  in  oral  contest  the  annual  contests  ot 
Sections  III  and  IV;  also  words  misspelled  during  the  year. 


prfish'lr. 


*  -fish'ent.  8  sfir'jent.  *  spln'^j. 

«ti'zhllrjr.  'vlflh'us. 


«  tib'16. 


SECTION   VI 

1 

am  a  teur'  ad'ju  tant 

carouse  diligent  aeroplane         adroit 

diversion  accustomed    expedient        exodus 

He  lost  his  standing  as  an  amateur  by  playing  for  money. 
The  adjutant  assisted  the  colonel  in  managing  the  regiment. 


2 


bat  tal'ion 

bul'le  tin 

commodity           achieve 
appropriation      abolition 

apiary              accuracy 
abundant         collection 

3 

can'ta  loupe 

cafe  chism 

adhesion               damask 
adequate              diagram 

deficit               anarchy 
niggardly        debauch 

4 

cutler  y 

de  clen'sion 

academy               ampere 
acknowledge       voltage 

Filipino            algebra 
complacent      gaseous 

5 

ec  cen'tric 

fin  an  tier' 

inquisitive            honorary 
confederate          consecrate 

207 

alienate            capsule 
arbitrary          celluloid 

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6i 


de  scend'ant 

amateur 
cantaloupe 


adjutant 
catechism 


im'be  cile 

antecedent       condemn 
conundrum       convenient 

ir  re  sist'i  ble 

cathedral  costume 

government      corrosion 


8 


ben  e  fi'ci  a  ry 

cutlery  bulletin 

battalion         declension 

jar  di  ni&re' 

copious  contour 

aggregate       anonymous 

pres  tige' 

covetous         collision 
suggestion      abominable 


ve  rac'i  ty 

credible  cupola 

reiterate  crescent 

neu  ral'gi  a 

amicable  criminal 

persevere  attorney 


io 


ne  ces'si  ty 

critical  courier 

accountant     anniversary 

pe  ri  od'i  cal 

custody  liable 

authority        auditor 


Suggestion:  Effective  review  may  be  secured  by  the  frequent 
use  of  two  or  three  pages  of  Sections  III,  IV,  and  V  for  oral 
drill,  without  previous  preparation  on  the  part  of  the  pupils. 
Note  any  word  misspelled  and  bring  it  forward  into  daily  use 
until  its  spelling  is  mastered  by  all  pupils.  This  follow-up 
process  should  be  carried  out  with  all  words  that  are  misspelled 
in  written  work. 

*  Lessons  numbered  in  this  manner  are  to  be  given  Mondays. 


SECTION  VI 
11 


209 


de  ceased' 

imbecile  financier 

eccentric  jardiniere 


rec'on  cile 

similar  conceit 

governor  prestige 


12 


sci  en  tif'ic 

tech'ni  cal 

aviator            magician 
academic         detestable 

cyclone 
stationary 

dispatch 
apoplexy 

vac'ci  nate 

veracity           docility 
domineer         necessity 

13 

corps 

irresistible 
descendant 

antitoxin 
beneficiary 

af  fi  da'vit 

14 

chauf  feur' 

emigrant         defensible 
immigrant       electrician 

bayonet 
admittance 

blockade 
frequency 

cham'ois 

15 

co  er'ciori 

elicit                enmity 
equinox            participle 

bilious 
eliminate 

bachelor 
employee 

Supplementary  Ex.  1:  "Words  to  be  Distinguished 

diseased  idle  indict  statue  stationery- 

deceased  idol  indite  statute  stationary 

Use  all  these  words  in  sentences ;  for  example :  We  are 
building  a  home  for  diseased  children.  If  the  deceased  was 
the  victim  of  foul  play,  the  grand  jury  will  indict  the  murderer. 
How  could  he  have  indited  this  will  ?  , 


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16 

col' league 

radical  corps 


de  lir'i  ous 

neuralgia       technical 
sanatorium    periodical 


vaccinate       reconcile 


17 


fron'tis  piece 

chauffeur       eulogy 
barbarism      deceased 

pic  tur  esque' 

Catholic         exclusive 


gaz  et  teer' 

blaspheme      ethics 
camouflage     baluster 


18 


ir  rel'e  vant 

erratic  callous 


exposure        extravagant    boisterous      inexhaustible 


19 


lic'o  rice 

calendar         florid 
affidavit         felicity 

op  eret'ta 

fungus  maturity 

catarrh  foreboding 


me  die'val 

colonel  campaign 

compulsory    scientific 


20 


pe  cu'ni  a  ry 

casual  finite 

casualties       carbonic 


Supplementary  Ex.  2:   Dictation 

Full  many  a  gem,  of  purest  ray  serene, 
The  dark  unfathomed  caves  of  ocean  bear ; 

Full  many  a  flower  is  born  to  blush  unseen 
And  waste  its  sweetness  on  the  desert  air. 


Gray 


SECTION  VI 

211 

21 

re  pris 

'al 

sem'i  na  ry 

chamois 

coercion 

irrelevant 

delirious 

frontispiece 

gazetteer 

picturesque 

institution 

pneu  mo'ni  a 

22 

rheu'ma 

i  tism 

cemetery 
gravitate 

ignoramus 
disreputable 

anarchist 
ill-natured 

gratis 
granulated 

an  ti  sep'tic 

23 

aq'ue  duct 

inert 
infectious 

infidel 
indelible 

ingenious 
medieval 

chivalry 
champion 

com'mis  sa  ry 

24 

car'i  ca 

ture 

feature 
fascinate 

interval 
interference 

clemency 
intolerant 

criticize 
population 

e  ma'ci  at  ed 

25 

mis  eel  la'ne  ous 

kilogram 
congenial 

colleague 
committee 

licorice 
recognize 

horizon 
proportion 

Suggestion:  Reviews  of  the  supplementary  exercises  in 
Sections  I,  II,  III,  IV,  and  V  will  be  of  service  to  pupils. 
Frequent  drill  may  be  needed  on  some  exercises.  Much  care 
is  required  in  establishing  intelligent  use  of  the  dictionary. 
How  many  pupils  are  sure  that  they  enunciate  the  short 
sounds  of  vowels  correctly?  How  many  are  sure  that  they 
recognize  these  sounds  when  the  teacher  enunciates  them? 
Daily  attention  to  this  work  will  be  of  special  assistance  to 
careless,  backward  spellers. 


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26 


crys'tal  lize 

operetta 
pecuniary 


pneumonia 
rheumatism 


hy'gi  ene 

reprisal  aqueduct 

antiseptic         seminary 


27 


in  cor'ri  gi  ble 

meteor  culinary 

manacle         indigestible 

mi  rage' 

oblique  nausea 

chrysalis        obscene 

per  en'ni  al 

parody  opiate 

parsimony     literature 

sov'er  eign 

divine  pensive 

penitence       censure 


loz'enge 

military  caricature 

commissary      magnetism 


28 


ar'chi  tect 

coagulate 
automatic 


census 
continuous 


29 


res  er  voir 

parole  deacon 

cylinder  obtrude 


30 


in  dis'pu  ta  ble 

debate  defiant 

perfidy  pastoral 


Supplementary  Ex.  3:   Drill  in  Pronunciation 

Bulga'rla,  a'vlatdr,  ar'efatget,  nSn'qh&lant,  m&  ni'a  cal, 
disputable,  fuchsia,1  O'maha,  ra'dlum,  gra'tls,  naph'tha, 
ex.  t6m'p6  rS,  e6n'dwlt,  ehl  rSp'6  dlst,  11  ltis'trate,  turquoise,2 
dfcs'pl  ea  ble,  ac  ell'm&t  6d,  Im'p6  tent,  dS  ceased',  elan  deVtlne, 
Va6  thgrm,  daunt,  Ir  rep'&  r&  ble,  til  tl  ma'tum. 

»  fli'shl^.  » tiir  koiz'. 


SECTION  VI                                 213 

31 

asth'ma 

con  fed'er  a  cy 

chronic             lozenge 
incorrigible      emaciated 

mirage         hygiene 
crystallize  complexion 

32 

mag  nan'i  mous 

flc  ti'tious 

decoy                perennial 
miscellaneous  perverted 

deputy        delegate 
architect     permeate 

33 

in  cred'i  ble 

mort'gage 

denial                cafeteria 
ponderous         premium 

pungent      plague 
delicious     denominator 

34 

fa  nat'ic 

pleu'ri  sy 

principle           prodigy 
presumption     imperious 

prodigal      Puritan 
dialogue      department 

35 

rim 'barb 

sta  tis'tics 

convert             dexterity 
cooperate          compunction 

destitute     drainage 
prosperity  reservoir 

Supplementary  Ex.  4:  Dictation 

On  Washington's  principles,  and  under  the  guidance  of 
his  example,  will  we  and  our  children  uphold  the  Constitution. 
...  To  that  standard  we  shall  adhere,  and  uphold  it  through 
evil  report  and  through  good  report.  We  will  meet  danger,  we 
will  meet  death,  if  they  come,  in  its  protection Webster. 


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36 

chif  fo  nier'  vol' a  tile 

genial  sovereign  asthma  mortgage 

insurance      magnanimous      incredible      confederacy 

37 

auc  tion  eer'  con  ta'gious 

surgery  physical  furnace         pygmy 

surgeon         indisputable         specimen       federal 

38 

cha  grin'  dex'ter  ous 

suicide  fanatic  cypress  solicit 

fictitious       pleurisy  fertility         suspicious 

39 

ep'ilep  sy  in'fantry 

subtle  issue  sumac  fraternal 

finance  subsidy  obstacle         incidentals 


Supplementary  Ex.  5:   Dictation 

It  is  for  us,  the  living,  rather,  to  be  dedicated  here  to  the  un- 
finished work  which  they  who  fought  here  have  thus  far  so 
nobly  advanced.  It  is  rather  for  us  to  be  here  dedicated  to 
the  great  task  remaining  before  us,  —  that  from  these  honored 
dead  we  take  increased  devotion  to  that  cause  for  which  they 
gave  the  last  full  measure  of  devotion ;  that  we  here  highly 
resolve  that  these  dead  shall  not  have  died  in  vain ;  that  this 
nation,  under  God,  shall  have  a  new  birth  of  freedom;  and 
that  government  of  the  people,  by  the  people,  and  for  the 
people  shall  not  perish  from  the  earth. 

—  Lincoln,  "  Gettysburg  Address." 


SECTION  VI 

215 

4C 

> 

FIRST   SPELLING   CONTEST 

battalion 

bulletin 

cantaloupe 

catechism 

cutlery 

declension 

eccentric 

financier 

descendant 

imbecile 

beneficiary- 

jardiniere 

irresistible 

prestige 

veracity 

necessity 

periodical 

neuralgia 

deceased 

reconcile 

scientific 

technical 

vaccinate 

corps 

affidavit 

chauffeur 

chamois 

coercion 

delirious 

colleague 

frontispiece 

gazetteer 

picturesque 

licorice 

irrelevant 

medieval 

operetta 

pecuniary 

rheumatism 

seminary 

pneumonia 

reprisal 

antiseptic 

aqueduct 

commissary 

hygiene 

caricature 

emaciated 

miscellaneous 

mirage 

incorrigible 

lozenge 

crystallize 

architect 

perennial 

reservoir 

indisputable 

sovereign 

confederacy 

asthma 

magnanimous 

fictitious 

incredible 

mortgage 

fanatic 

pleurisy 

rhubarb 

statistics 

chiffonier 

volatile 

auctioneer 

contagious 

chagrin 

dexterous 

epilepsy 

infantry 

amateur 


adjutant 


Note.  —  Add  other  words  which  have  been  misspelled  during 
the  past  two  months. 


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41 

cos  met'ic  coun'ter  feit 

function  artificial  frivolous       appearance 

injurious         adversary   -      apparently    distinguished 

42 

cus  to'di  an  di  leni'ma 

rhubarb  dramatic  jugular  subpoena 

atrocious         eavesdropper   ludicrous       precarious 

43 

con  sci  en'tious  Pas'teur  ize 

statistics         elegant  document     infantry 

collateral        constitution      auctioneer    inflammation 

44 

em'pha  size  drudg'er  y 

eloquent  inheritance       volatile         epilepsy 

enormity         confectionery  electricity     dexterous 

45 

met  ro  pol'i  tan  in  trigue' 

enamel  migratory         encore  chiffonier 

epitaph  demonstrate     enthusiasm  contagious 


Supplementary  Ex.  6:   Dictation 

There  are  men  of  esprit  who  are  excessively  exhausting  to 
some  people.  They  are  the  talkers  who  have  what  may  be 
called  jerky  minds.  Their  thoughts  do  not  run  in  the  natural 
order  of  sequence.  They  say  bright  things  on  all  possible 
subjects,  but  their  zigzags  rack  you  to  death.  After  a  jolting 
half-hour  with  one  of  these  jerky  companions,  talking  with  a 
dull  friend  affords  great  relief.  —  Holmes. 


SECTION  VI 

217 

squal'or 

cosmetic        custodian 
chagrin          counterfeit 

46 

ster'i 

Pasteurize 
emphasize 

lize 

dilemma 
drudgery 

in 

sid'i  ous 

47 

in  teg 

'rity 

egotism 
efficiency 

disaster 
detachment 

epidemic 
influenza 

derelict 
emergency 

in 

etiquette 
courteous 

trin'sic 

Egyptian 
masculine 

48 

gro  tesque' 

economy         commercial 
executive        adventure 

49 

pre  ten'tious  ges  tic'u  late 

culture  conscientious     embassy  evangelist 

lieutenant      accommodate     European        equivalent 

50 

a  bridg'ment  rou  tine' 

exquisite        negligence  orchid  desperate 

laudable         foreclosure         association      mercantile 


Supplementary  Ex.  7 :   "Word  Building ;  ir  the  Base 

Ir'ri  gate  mlr'ror  Ir'ri  tate  Ir  ri  ta'tion 

Ir'ri  tant  ir  rev'er  ent  Ir  reg'u  lar  Ir  ri  ga'tion 

Teachers  and   pupils   may  add  to   this   list.     Pronounce 
distinctly.     Select  other  bases  and  build  with  them. 


218  NEW   CHAMPION  SPELLING  BOOK 

61 

hy  pot'e  nuse  bel  lig'er  ent 

insidious  squalor  intrinsic         abroad 

metropolitan    condemned     integrity        sterilize 

52 


hyp'o  crite 

de  bris 

i 

glacier               grandeur 
glorious            hurricane 

heretic 
gallows 

chemical 
ammunition 

prev'a  lence 

53 

fas  tid' 

i  ous 

gorgeous           allusion           gauge 
generosity        incredulous     installment 

sentiment 
pretentious 

gel'a  tin 

54 

hos'pi 

table 

guitar               intrigue           geyser 
genius               clandestine      larceny 

intensity 
invidious 

im  mac'u  late 

55 

rev'er  ence 

agility              aspirant 
gesticulate        harangue 

liability 
grotesque 

anthracite 
bituminous 

Supplementary  Ex.  8:   Dictation 

1.  It  is  chiefly  through  books  that  we  enjoy  intercourse  with 
superior  minds,  and  these  invaluable  means  of  communication 
are  in  the  reach  of  all.  —  Channing. 

2.  I  believe  that  in  every  kingdom,  state,  or  empire  there 
must  be,  from  the  necessity  of  the  thing,  one  supreme  legis- 
lative power  with  authority  to  bind  every  part. 

—  Samuel  Adams. 


SECTION  VI  219 

56 

ma  lig'nant  nu  tri'tious 

depreciation      debris  alien  fastidious 

abridgment       routine  revolutionary  belligerent 

57 

symp'toms  pan  o  ra'ma 

heliotrope  existence        ointment  litigation 

perpendicular  personnel        monotonous      ordinance 

58 

prop  a  gan'da  de  mo'bi  lize 

hickory  gelatin  percolator         heroine 

vehicle  hospitable       pantomime       suffrage 

59 

in  iq'ui  ty  te  na'cious 

hypocrite  propriety        hideous  resources 

hypotenuse       predicament  prevalence        financial 

60 

ve'he  ment  habit'u  al 

irksome  spectacle        strategy  assets 

illiterate  revulsion        sagacious  rectitude 


Supplementary  Ex.  9:   Dictation 

Be  useful  where  thou  livest,  that  they  may 
Both  waut  and  wish  thy  pleasing  presence  still. 

Find  out  men's  wants  and  will, 
And  meet  them  there.     All  worldly  joys  go  less 
To  the  one  joy  of  doing  kindnesses.  —  Herbert. 


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61 

buoy'ant      *  bron  chi'tis 

reverence        conservation       symptoms     demobilize 
panorama       immaculate        malignant    nutritious 

62 

in  i'ti  ate  el  e  men'ta  ry 

dialect  insignificant       savory  illustrate 

almanac  determination    succulent      impulsive 

63 

vaude'ville  gym  na'si  urn 

incentive        transparent        university     theology 
incapable        propaganda        intelligent    tenacious 

64 

hy'a  cinth  im  por  tune' 

impartial        revival  incense         project 

prospective     indignant  imaginary    calculate 

65 

stat  is  ti'cian  men  in  gi'tis 

inferior  inclosure  aurora  aluminum 

excruciating  reputation  aboriginal    approbation 


Suggestion :  To  secure  the  vocabulary  of  the  school  environ- 
ment, pupils  may  make  a  list  of  ten  words  that  are  suggested 
by  each  of  the  following :  dry  goods,  real  estate,  advertising, 
agricultural  implements,  amusements,  hotels,  architects,  art 
dealers,  attorneys,  bicycles,  automobiles,  churches,  manufac- 
turers, bakers,  confectioners,  banks,  barbers,  lumber,  painters, 
furniture. 


SECTION  VI                                  2: 

mon'arch  y 

66 

ped'agogy 

bronchitis       habitual 
vehement       elementary 

buoyant          develop 
forfeiture        gymnasium 

tor'toise 

67 

jeop'ard  y 

pauper            initiate 
indigent         behavior 

intimacy         capricious 
individual       importune 

68 

chrys  an'the  mum         rat  i  fl  ca'tion 

jonquil            itinerary 
hyacinth         confluence 

iniquity           anxiety 
consistency     conceivable 

al  le'giance 

69 

lam'en  ta  ble 

debtor            intrepid 
inclusive        corporation 

expedite          vaudeville 
infallible         credential 

70 

deg  ra  da'tion-  e  man'ci  pate 

covenant        thoroughly     corrosive         dedicate 
desertion        degenerate      detriment       denomination 


Supplementary  Ex.  10:   Dictation 

In  point  of  all-round  development,  Franklin  must  stand  as 
the  foremost  American.  The  one  intent  of  his  mind  was  to 
purify  his  own  spirit,  to  develop  his  intellect  on  every  side,  and 
make  his  body  the  servant  of  his  soul.  We  know  of  no  man 
who  ever  lived  a  fuller  life,  a  happier  life,  a  life  more  useful  to 
other  men,  than  Benjamin  Franklin.  —  Elbert  Hubbard. 


222 


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ec'sta  sy 

epithet  meningitis 

librarian        ratification 

in  cen'di  a  ry 

jeopardy        tonsillitis 
statistician    discourteous 

hyp'no  tisin 

jocular  allegiance 

jugglery        electrocute 


71 

hy  poth'e  sis 

tortoise        pedagogy 
monarchy   chrysanthemum 

72 

e  co  nom'i  cal 

dubious        dilapidated 
junction      disseminate 

73 

per' qui  site 

juvenile       symbol 
enormous    fundamental 

74 


res  ti  tu'tion 

sergeant        latitude 


so  lic'it  ous 

adept  enterprise 

lamentable    longitude        exhaust       expenditure 


lus'cious 

lenient  maniac 

geometry      insolvent 


75 

'  aes  thet'ic 

furlough      award 
ferocious     performance 


Supplementary  Ex.   11:   Dictation 

When  nature  made  the  bluebird  she  wished  to  propitiate 
both  the  sky  and  the  earth,  so  she  gave  him  the  color  of  the 
one  on  his  back  and  the  hue  of  the  other  on  his  breast,  and 
ordained  that  his  appearance  in  spring  should  denote  that 
the  strife  and  war  between  these  two  elements  was  at  an  end. 

—  Burroughs. 


SECTION  VI  223 

76 

sub  stan'tial  ar  te'ri  al 

incendiary       economical     ecstasy  perquisite 

degradation     emancipate     woeful  hypothesis 

77 


ma  nip'u  late 

leisure  lycenm 

illustrious        hydrogen 

en  cum'brance 

implicit  companion 

convenience    menagerie 


hys  ter'ics 

laundry         hypnotism 
solicitous       restitution 


78 


pneu  mafic 

luscious         competent 
intimidate     substitute 


79 


ri  die 

/u  lous 

strat 

'a  gem 

mediator 

faculty 

iodine 

lucrative 

malicious 

miniature 

mistletoe 

jurisprudence 

Supplementary  Ex.  12:   Words  Used  in  1 

3ie  World  War 

billet 

Foch 

Entente3 

B61  sh6  vik' 

convoy 

VerduN'1 

Br6st 

B61  she"  vi  ki' 

platoon 

mo  rale' 

Belleau4 

Bol'she  vi§m 

sector 

han'gar 

Reim§ 

Jugo-Slav7 

salient 

air'plane 

Meuge 

Czecho-Slovak 8 

slacker 

barrage 2 

Ar  gonne' 

rep  a  ra/tion 

exemption 

In  tern'ment 

St.  Mihiel 8 

mill  t£  rl§m 

mobilize 

ean'ton  ment 

Versailles 6 

re  ha  bll  I  ta'tion 

Add  other  words  to  this  list ;  many  are  given  in  other  parts 
of  this  book. 

1  n  is  not  sounded;  it  indicates  thatthe  preceding  vowel  is  nasalized,  that  is,  pronounced 
as  if  it  were  followed  by  ng.  *  ba  razh'.  «  5n  taNT'.  *  be"l  16'. 

6saNmeyeT.  6ve>sa'y\  i  yoTJ'go  slav'.  8  ch8k'6  s!6  vak'. 


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80 
SECOND    SPELLING   CONTEST 


custodian 

dilemma 

conscientious 

Pasteurize 

emphasize 

drudgery 

metropolitan 

intrigue 

squalor 

sterilize 

insidious 

integrity 

intrinsic 

grotesque 

pretentious 

gesticulate 

routine 

abridgment   hypotenuse 

belligerent 

hypocrite 

debris 

prevalence 

fastidious 

gelatin 

hospitable 

immaculate 

reverence 

malignant 

nutritious 

symptoms 

panorama 

iniquity 

propaganda 

demobilize 

tenacious 

vehement 

habitual 

buoyant 

bronchitis 

initiate 

elementary 

gymnasium 

vaudeville 

hyacinth 

importune 

statistician 

meningitis 

monarchy 

pedagogy 

chrysanthemum 

jeopardy 

tortoise 

ratification 

degradation 

ecstasy 

allegiance 

emancipate 

lamentable 

hypothesis 

incendiary 

economical 

hypnotism 

perquisite 

restitution 

solicitous 

luscious 

aesthetic 

arterial 

substantial 

manipulate 

hysterics 

ridiculous 

pneumatic 

encumbrance 

stratagem 

cosmetic 

counterfeit 

Note.  —  Add  other  words  which  have  been  misspelled  dur- 
ing the  past  two  months. 


SECTION  VI  225 

81 

am'e  thyst  a  poth'e  ca  ry 

optical  masquerade       mystery  photograph 

microscope    parallelogram   missionary       aesthetic 

An  amethyst  is  a  precious  stone,  colored  purple. 
82 

ap  pen  di  ci'tis  as  par'a  gus 

arterial  mileage  millionaire       pharmacy 

osteopath      provincial  peculiarities    precedence 

83 

av  oir  du  pois'  col  lo'qui  al 

hysterics       manipulate        maximum       renegade 
enervating    substantial        rhinoceros       energetic 

84 

con  cur'rent  con'ju  gate 

despair  sedentary  precipice  sophomore 

massacre       pneumatic  encumbrance  admirable 

85 

con  spic'u  ous  con'tro  ver  sy 

martyr  statuary  negative  neutral 

marriage       symmetrical      ridiculous        stratagem 

86 

co  quette'  cri  te'ri  on 

amethyst       apothecary        conjugate        colloquial 
avoirdupois  concurrent         appendicitis    asparagus 


226 


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87 


cui  sine' 


chat'tel 


official              vertebra 
accessory         obstinate 

nuisance       accompanied 
nauseate      administration 

pat'ron  age 

88 

die  ta  to'ri  al 

officiate            opaque 
arbitration       elaborate 

oasis            caucus 
associate      affinity 

89 


bou'le  vard 

carnivorous     bullion 


as  sas'si  nate 

noticeable    celestial 
blasphemous    courageous    orchestra      opportunity 

90 

per  pet'u  ate  dis  ci'ple 

concourse         coalition        federation    memorandum 
allotment         contiguous    persuasion    commonwealth 


Supplementary  Ex.  13:    Dictation 

Hence,  of  all  people,  children  are  the  most  imaginative. 
They  abandon  themselves  without  reserve  to  every  illusion. 
Every  image  which  is  strongly  presented  to  their  mental  eye 
produces  on  them  the  effect  of  reality.  No  man,  whatever  his 
sensibility  may  be,  is  ever  affected  by  Hamlet  or  Lear,  as  a 
little  girl  is  affected  by  the  story  of  poor  Red  Riding  Hood. 
She  knows  that  it  is  all  false,  that  wolves  cannot  speak,  that 
there  are  no  wolves  in  England.  Yet,  in  spite  of  her  knowl- 
edge, she  believes ;  she  weeps  ;  she  trembles  ;  she  dares  not  go 
into  a  dark  room  lest  she  should  feel  the  teeth  of  the  monster 
at  her  throat.  Such  is  the  despotism  of  the  imagination  over 
uncultivated  minds. — Mac  aula  v. 


SECr 

noN  vi 

227 

en  vi'ron  ment 

91 

os'tra 

cize 

cuisine 
conspicuous 

coquette 
apparel 

vogue 
controversy 

criterion 
dictatorial 

es'pi 

o  nage 

92 

ter  ri  to'ri  al 

paralyze 
contemplate 

circular 
credulous 

curiosity 
parenthesis 

converge 
constituent 

pur  suit' 

93 

me'di 

o  ere 

plentiful 
deposition 

perjure 
chattel 

vicious 
paralysis 

delicacy 
debatable 

in  er' 

ti  a 

94 

in  gre1 

rdi  ent 

pendulum 
conception 

diligence 
peninsula 

boulevard 
patronage 

discretion 
assassinate 

in  ter 

me'di  ate 

95 

par'ti 

san 

embezzle 
prejudice 

piracy 
effectual 

emulation 
disconsolate 

dungeon 
pessimist 

96 

lab'o  ra  to  ry  va  lid'i  ty 

ostracize  linear  territorial  disciple 

espionage  insertion       environment     profession 


228 


mos  qui'to 

exaltation       pursuit 
perpetuate      monopoly 


NEW  CHAMPION  SPELLING  BOOK 
97 

pre  co'cious 

extortion       essential 
expedition     enthusiast 


98 


typ'i  cal 

melancholy     proficient 
chloroform      testament 


pro  mis'cu  ous 

glucose  prophesy 

ingredient     fraternity 


99 


vi  vac'i  ty 


sou  ve  nir' 


quinine 
imminent 


quartet 
physician 


inertia 
mediocre 


hilarity 
hypnotist 


lOO 


ste  nog'ra  phy 

innovation      intuition 
unanimous      indecisive 

ex  empt'ed 


o  le  o  mar'ga  rine 

usury  infinite 

analogy         reception 


101 


vuTner  a  ble 


definite  precocious         mosquito       abhorrence 

typical  intermediate     laboratory     promiscuous 


1Q2 


suit'a  ble 


aux  il'ia  ry 


partisan 
legislature 


parable 
admissible 


vacuum 
liniment 


souvenir 
irreparable 


co  he'sion 

velocity         mania 
validity 


moccasin 


SECTION  VI  229 

103 

coun'te  nance 

violence  vertical 

mysterious       mercenary 

104 


dif  'fi  dence 
vivacity  accede 


parliamentary 


am  big'u  ous 

vicinity         treason 

overture         observatory  slaughter 

105 

re  trieve'  et  y  mol'o  gy 

wield  politician     conscience        pedigree 

perpetual       recommend  precipitate        brilliant 

106 


av'a  rice 

pressure         peasant 
stenography  auxiliary 


im  mu'ni  ty 

recruit  rebellion 

regiment       exempted 


tan'gi  ble 

countenance     cohesion 
synonymous     vulnerable 

107 

ju  di'ci  a  ry 

refrigerator      republic 
oleomargarine  primitive 


Suggestion:  To  secure  the  vocabulary  of  the  school  environ- 
ment, pupils  may  make  a  list  of  ten  words  that  are  suggested 
by  each  of  the  following:  tailors,  farming,  housekeeping, 
booksellers  and  stationers,  boots  and  shoes,  builders,  car- 
penters, cereals,  chemicals,  china  and  glassware,  dentists, 
department  stores,  florists,  grocers,  hardware,  heating,  hos- 
pitals, insurance,  jewelers,  laundries,  market,  newspapers, 
photographers,  physicians,  railroads. 


230  NEW  CHAMPION  SPELLING  BOOK 

108 

ar'mi  stice  ob'li  ga  to  ry 

rhythm  reticent  referee  reprieve 

satellite  diffidence       civilian  righteous 

109 

palm'is  try  punc  tu  a'tion 

burlesque  suitable  synagogue        specific 

superstition       resignation     subordinate      rivalry 

no 

va'ri  e  gat  ed  sub  scrip  'tion 

religion  utility  vindictive         biennial 

retribution        ambiguous     remembrance    temporary 

ill 

tran  quil'li  ty  vol'un  ta  ry 

depleted  judiciary        retrieve  tangible 

immunity  etymology     armistice  obligatory 

112 

ab  bre  vi  a'tion  ru'di  merits 

skeptic  contingent     avarice  partition 

sarcasm  accusation      alderman  adulterate 

113 

car'bu  ret  or  li  mou  sine' 

aristocracy        sarcastic         schedule  astronomy 

specifications    avalanche       palmistry.         apparition 


SECTION  VI  231 

114 

pre  lim'i  na  ry  u  nique' 

sequence  semicolon        spinach  salmon 

punctuation     intrepidity      Coliseum         centenarian 

115 

gen  e  al'o  gy  hem'or  rhage 

sanitary  signature         specialty         compatible 

contemptible    sepulcher        convivial         connivance 

116 


ig  no  min'i  ous  tac'it  ly 

variegated        bankruptcy     limousine        voluntary 
abbreviation     subscription    carburetor      syndicate 

117 

nar  cot'ic  ma  neu'ver 

sculpture  diphthong       deficient  mustache 

symmetry         synonym         semester         rudiments 

118 

>      ca  tas'tro  phe  ab'scess 

perilous  conducive        autocratic       democracy 

capillary  superfluous     tranquillity    despondent 

119 

ty'phoid  quar'an  tine 

unique  antique  testimony       dolphin 

aggravate         distinction      preliminary    efficient 


232  NEW  CHAMPION  SPELLING   BOOK 

120 


THIRD    SPELLING   CONTEST 


asparagus 

appendicitis 

colloquial 

avoirdupois 

conjugate 

concurrent 

chattel 

controversy 

coquette 

criterion 

cuisine 

conspicuous 

patronage 

dictatorial 

disciple 

assassinate 

perpetuate 

boulevard 

ostracize 

environment 

espionage 

territorial 

pursuit 

mediocre 

inertia 

ingredient 

partisan 

intermediate 

validity 

laboratory 

mosquito 

precocious 

typical 

promiscuous 

vivacity 

souvenir 

suitable 

oleomargarine 

vulnerable 

exempted 

auxiliary 

stenography 

cohesion 

countenance 

tangible 

abbreviation 

retrieve 

etymology 

avarice 

preliminary 

immunity 

ambiguous 

armistice 

ignominious 

palmistry 

punctuation 

variegated 

subscription 

tranquillity 

voluntary 

diffidence 

rudiments 

carburetor 

limousine 

judiciary 

unique 

genealogy 

hemorrhage 

obligatory 

tacitly 

catastrophe 

maneuver 

narcotic 

abscess 

typhoid 

quarantine 

a 

,methyst 

apothecary 

Note.  —  Add  other  words  which  have  been  misspelled  dur- 
ing the  past  two  months. 


SECTION 

VI                                 233 

121 

ter  res'tri  al 

eq'ui  ta  ble 

tacitly            genealogy 
equipage        hemorrhage 

ellipse          excelsior 
enunciate     systematic 

122 

tran'sient 

clique 

tableau          archives 
combatant     ignominious 

envious        allies 
tantalize      conference 

123 

or'a  cle 

dem'a  gogue 

facility  texture 

frivolity         telegraph 

il  lu'sion 


gangrene     narcotic 
flagrancy     maneuver 


124 


fric  as  see' 


heredity         catastrophe 
hypocrisy      acknowledgment 


tolerate 
abscess 


theater 
horizontal 


125 


ho  me  o  path'ic 

tariff 
treatise 


incongruous 
inflammatory 


im  promp'tu 

transact       tractable 
typhoid        quarantine 


Supplementary  Ex.  14:    a  in  Unaccented  Syllables,  pronounced 
a,  a,  a,  a,  or  with  Obscure  Sound  as  in  final 

man'age         preface  Cu'ba  u'sual 

man'date        ul'ti  mate        A  mer'i  ca         ramp'ant 
ded'i  cate       as'phalt  Buf'fa  lo  at  tend'ance 


234  NEW   CHAMPION  SPELLING  BOOK 

126 

lith'o  graph  mac  ad'am  ize 

vocation  clique  oracle  equitable 

electrotype        fricassee  terrestrial      demagogue 

127 

nas  tur'tium  na  tiv'i  ty 

tuition  trophy  Pharisee         Israelite 

leprosy  inventory        spiritual         interpose 

128 

pen  i  ten'tia  ry  nav'i  ga  ble 

whimsical  zenith  monastery     civics 

meritorious        transient  wholesome     mariner 


129 


sar  sa  pa  ril'la 

ther  mom'e  ter 

obviate               penurious 
patriarch           opportune 

illusion           oxidize 
nitrogen        nucleus 

13C 

main'te  nance 

> 

a'er  o  naut 

predecessor        priority 
administrator    cancellation 

physics           porcelain 
relaxation      mahogany 

Supplementary  Ex.  15:    e  in  Unaccented  Syllables,  pronounced 
6,  S,  6,  6,  or  with  Obscure  Sound  as  in  prudent 

6vent'  forev'Br  col'lege  colo'nel 

benefit  obsolete  privilege  mon'u  ment 

tel'e"  gram         de"  plor'a  ble         6x  pe"  di'tious         in'tel  lfict 


SECTION  VI  235 

131 

phos'phate  se  ren'i  ty 

nasturtium        lithograph      apostle         macadamize 
homeopathic     impromptu     nativity        penitentiary 

132 

cir  cum  stan'tial  co  ef  fi'cient 

autopsy  scorpion  revenue        subsistence 

anomaly  requisite  socialism      sarsaparilla 

133 

guar  an  tee'  con  cil'i  ate 

venison  chronicle         Amazon       supplement 

terminal  transgress       abduction     thermometer 

134 

dis  guise'  con  va  les'cent 

guise  allegory  tyrant  abyss 

adversity  adoration        navigable     alimentary 

135 

cor'pus  cle  cre'o  sote 

cholera  arsenal  cycle  antiquity 

collusion  morose  strenuous     approximate 


Supplementary  Ex.  16:    i  in  Unaccented  Syllables,  pronounced 

I,  l,  or  I 

or'i  gin  ta'pir  bi  ol'o  gj  bro'mlde 

pal'lld  na'dir  criterion  sul'phite 

dispatch'  pacifist  Philippines  sacrifice 


236  NEW  CHAMPION  SPELLING  BOOK 

136 


re  cip'ro  cate  an  aes  thet'ic 

aeronaut       coefficient  conciliate      procedure 

guarantee      circumstantial    separable      maintenance 

137 

de  nun  ci  a'tion  de  rog'a  to  ry 

serenity         council  banquet        obstinacy 

biography      corporal  caravan        commandant 

138 

de  te'ri  o  rate  diph  the'ri  a 

caboose  concussion  asterisk         chemistry 

precious         convalescent      naphtha        concentrate 

139 

dis  crep'an  cy  dis  par'age 

infatuate        corroborate        devout  conjecture 

disguise  consecutive       delinquent    contribution 

140 

do  mes'ti  cate  dys  pep'si  a 

phosphate      character  croquet         coupon 

competitor     defendant  decision        deceptive 


Supplementary  Ex.  17 :    o  in  Unaccented  Syllables,  pronounced 
6,  6,  o,  6,  or  with  Obscure  Sound  as  in  connect 

big'dt  fur'row  6  pin'ion  di'a  ldgue 

fag'6t  pr6  voke'  tel'e  scope  cat'a  l&gue 

pro't6  c6l         of  f end'ed         pr6p  6  si'tidn         con  tin'u  al 


SECTION  VI  237 

141 

em  broid'er  y  en  cy  clo  pe'di  a 

corpuscle  creosote         anaesthetic       absorbent 

denunciation     derogatory     deteriorate        diphtheria 

142 

tu  ber  cu  lo'sis  e  qui  noc'tial 

episode  diagnose         parliament        defunct 

emperor  departure       congregation    derision 

143 

er  y  sip'e  las  con  sen'sus 

discipline  distortion      diploma  disparage 

indispensable    discussion      discrepancy      disposition 

144 

in  com'pa  ra  ble  ex  traor'di  na  ry 

alumni  eclipse  eloquence  anguish 

elocution  emerald         reciprocate       elegance 

145 

hy  dro  pho'bi  a  hy  drau'lic 

submarine         sentinel  eternal  deposit 

equestrian         endurance      encampment     designer 


Supplementary  Ex.  18:    u  in  Unaccented  Syllables,  pronounced 
u,  u,  u,  u,  u,  or  with  Obscure  Sound  as  in  circus 

tin  do'  tin  seat'  ac'cu  rate  in'sti  ttite 

supreme'         unhitch'         undula'tion        Feb'ruary 
av'e  nue  er'u  dite  ul  ti  ma'tum        sup  plied' 


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146 

in  can  des'eent  glyc'er  in 

tuberculosis     dyspepsia      erysipelas      counsel 
domesticate     equinoctial    embroidery   encyclopedia 

147 

fu'gi  tive  in  qui  si'tion 

exterior  felony  fidelity  facial 

exonerate         experiment    consensus      extraordinary 

148 

em  bar'rass  im  ma  te'ri  al 

gorilla  guardian        tyranny         genesis 

evolution         galvanize       fortitude       franchise 

149 

fu  sil  lade'  ex  ag'ger  ate 

idolatry  evidence        hostility        fumigate 

humorous        imperative     impudence    hesitancy 

150 

met  a  phys'ics  mil  len'ni  um 

conveyance      treacherous    skepticism    incomparable 
consignment    initiation       inclemency  inconsistent 


Supplementary  Ex.  19:  Dictation 

Yet  I  doubt  not  through  the  ages  one  increasing  purpose  runs, 
And  the  thoughts  of  men  are  widened  with  the  process  of  the 
suns.  —  Tennyson. 


SECTION  VI 

239 

or  ni  thol'o  gy 

151 

scru' 

pu  lous 

glycerin        inquisition 
hydraulic     embarrass 

immaterial    hydrophobia 
currency        incandescent 

pe  tro'le  um 

152 

phe 

aom'e  non 

fatigue          kangaroo           insurgent 
fatiguing      interrogation    fusillade 

invincible 
intemperance 

al  lege' 

153 

i  ras'ci  ble 

lyric              conscious 
literary         assign 

larynx 
manikin 

lymph 
leopard 

in  i'ti  a  tive 

154 

pro  eras' ti  nate 

culpable        municipal 
fugitive        referendum 

sufficient 
metaphor 

monetary 
exaggerate 

psy  chol'o  gy 

155 

rem  i  nis'cence 

officious        besiege 
optimism      opponent 

paradox 
obsolete 

oblivion 
oblivious 

con  de  scend' 

156 

spor 

i  ta'ne  ous 

pernicious     millennium       allege  metaphysics 

petroleum     phenomenon     supersede       conservatory 


240  NEW  CHAMPION  SPELLING  BOOK 

157 


in'sti  gate 

weird 

pique                perdition 
irascible           possession 

tragedy        initiative 
pennant       pedestal 

158 


be  reave' 


a  sy'lum 

privacy  premises  forage  propensity 

profusion         reciprocal  precinct       precipitous 


159 


a  cous'tics 


vi  va'cious 

luxuriant         ornithology       clinic  significant 

scrupulous       entomology       syringe        development 

160 

FOURTH   SPELLING   CONTEST 


transient 

clique 

demagogue 

oracle 

impromptu 

fricassee 

homeopathic 

illusion 

lithograph 

phosphate 

nasturtium 

nativity 

penitentiary 

navigable 

sarsaparilla 

guarantee 

maintenance 

aeronaut 

macadamize 

serenity 

circumstantial 

coefficient 

thermometer 

conciliate 

convalescent 

disguise 

corpuscle 

creosote 

reciprocate 

anaesthetio 

denunciation 

derogatory 

deteriorate 

diphtheria 

discrepancy 

disparage 

domesticate 

dyspepsia 

encyclopedia 

embroidery 

equinoctial 

consensus 

glycerin 

embarrass 

irascible 

petroleum 

initiative 

condescend 

bereave 


SECTION  VI 

tuberculosis         erysipelas 


extraordinary 

incandescent 

immaterial 

millennium 

phenomenon 

procrastinate 

spontaneous 

asylum 


terrestrial 


hydraulic 

fugitive 

fusillade 

scrupulous 

allege 

psychology 

instigate 

weird 


241 

incomparable 

hydrophobia 

inquisition 

exaggerate 

ornithology 

metaphysics 

reminiscence 

acoustics 

vivacious 


equitable 


Note.  —  Add   other   words   which  have  been  misspelled 
during  the  past  two  months. 


ANNUAL   SPELLING   CONTEST 


aft  bre  vl  a'tion  am  a  tewr'  ar  te'rl  al 

a  bridg'ment  am  blg'u  ous  as  par'a  gus 

ab'scSss  am'e  thyst  as  sas'sl  nate 

a  eous'tles  an  a8s  thet'Ie  as/ft'ma 

ariTju  tant  an  tl  sgp'tle  a  sy'lum 

a/er  6  naut  a  pSth'e  ea  rjf  aue  tion  eer' 

a£s  thet'Ie  ap  pen  dl  Qi'tis  aux  Il'ia  ry 

af /I  da'vlt  aq'ue  duet  av'a  Tlqe 

a?  lege'  ar'eM  teet 

aZ  le'gianqe  ar'ml  stlqe 

»  ben  e  fisn'i  I  ry 


be7  llg'Sr  ent 
beneft'clary1 
be  reave' 
bou'le"  vard 
bron  eM'tls 
bul'te  tin 
bwoy'ant 
ean'ta  loupe 
av  oir  du  pois/   car'bu  r6t  5r 
ba£  tal'ion  ear 'I  ea  ture 


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ea  tas'tr6  ph£        con  ta'gious       d$  scgnd'ant     6n  cj  elo  pe'dl  ij 


eat'S  cM§m 
cba  grin' 
qham'ols 
chattel 
qhau/feur'1 
chlf  /6  mer7 


eftn'tro  vSr  sjf  dS  te'rl  6  rate  6n  vi'ron  ment 

eonvalgs'cent  dex'tgrous  gp'Ilepsy 

e6  qn&tte'  die  ta  to'rl  al  e  qui  noe'tial 

corps  dlf '/I  denqe  eq'ul  ta  ble 

eor'piis  cle  dl  lgm'ma  6r  f  sIp'S  las 

eS§  mgt'Ie  dlph  the'rl  a  es'pl  6  nage 

eArysan'theTnum  eoun'te  nanqe  dls  cj'ple  et  y  mSl'o  g^ 

cjr  cum  stan'tial    eoun'tgr  felt  dls  erep'an  qy  gx  ag'^Sr  ate 


ere'6  sote  dls  giuge'  ex  gmpt'gd 

eri  te'rl  on  dls  par'age  gx  traor'dl  na  ry 

er^s'tal  llze  do  mgs'tl  cate  fa  natle 

eui  s/ine'  drtidg'gr  J  fas  tld'I  ous 

etis  to'dl  an  dys  pgp'sl  a  fie  tl'tious 

eut'lgr  f  ee  Qgn'trlc  fin  an  cji'gr' 

de  bris'4  e  eo  n6m1  eal  f  rle  as  see' 

de"  qeased'  ge'sta  sjr  fron'tls  piece 

de  elgn'sion  61  £  nign'ta  ry  fu'gl  tlve 

dggrada'tion  Sma'ciatgd6  fu  stflade' 

d§  llr'I  ous  e"  man'cjt  pate  gaz  et  teer' 

dgm'$,  gogwe  6m  bar'rass  ggl'a  tin 

c6n  scl  gn'tious 3    de  mo'bl  llze  6m  broid'Sr  y  g6n  6  al'6  gf 

con  sgn'sus  de  ntin  el  a'tion  gm'pha  size  g6s  tle'fi  late 

con  splc'ti.  ous        de"  r&g'a  t6  rjf  6n  cum'branqe  glyc/Br  In 


cliqwe 

eog/fl'cient2 
co  Sr'cion 
co  he'gion 
colleague 
co/  lo'qul  al 
eSm'rals  sa  vf 
eon  cti'I  ate 
con  eiir'rent 
c6n  dS  scgnd' 
confgd'gracjr 
eon'ju  gate 


•  shOf&r'. 


'-flsh'ent. 


»  k&n  shl  dn'shus. 


*  dfi  bru\ 


»  fima'ahl  at  3d 


gr6  t&sque' 
guar  an  tee' 
gym  na/§I  um 
ha  bltfu  al 
hgm'or  ih&ge 
homeopath'Ie 
hSs'pI  ta  ble 
hy'a  qlnth 
hy  drau'lle 
hydropho'bla 
hy'gl  ene 
hyp'no  tl§m 
hyp'6  erlte 
hy  pftt'e  nuse 
hy  p5th'e  sis 
hys  ter'Ies 
Ignominious 
ll  lu'gion 
Im'be  cfle 
Im  mae'u  late 
Im  ma  te'rl  al 
Im  mu'nl  ty 
Im  por  tune' 


SECTION  VI 

Im  pr5mp'tu      j  ar  di  niere' 4 
In  can  decent  jeop'ard  y 
In  Qgn'dl  a  ry      ju  dl'cl  a  ry 5 
Incomparable  lab'6  ra  to  ry 
In  eor'rl  gl  ble    lam'en  ta  ble 
In  ergd'I  ble        lle'6  rlqe 
In  dls'pu  ta  ble  li'  mou  §Ine' 
Iner'tla1  lithograph 

In'fan  try  l5z'enge 


In  gre'dl  ent 
In  Iq'ul  ty 
Inl'tlate2 
Initiative3 


liis'cious 6 
mac  ad'am  ize 
magDan'I  mous 
main'te  nanqe 


In  qui  gl'tion  ma  llg'nant 

In  sldl  ous  ma  neu'vgr 

In'stI  gate  ma  nlp'u  late 

In  teg'rl  ty  me  dl  e'val 

In  tgr  me'dl  ate  me'dl  6  ere 7 

In  trigwe'  men  In  gi'tls 

In  trln'sle  m6t  a  phy§1es 

1  ras'cl  ble  m6t  ro  p6l1  tan 

Ir  rgl'e  vant  mIZ  len'nl  um 

Ir  re  §Ist'I  ble  mi'  rage' 8 


243 

mis  eel  la'ne  ous 
mon'areft  y 
mortgage 
mos  qu'i'to 
nar  eot'Ie 
nas  tur'tium 9 
na  tlvl  ty 
nav'I  ga  ble 
ne  cgs'sl  ty 
neft  ral'gl  a 
nu  trl'tious 
Sb'H  ga  to  ry 
oleomargarine 
Sp  gr  et'te, 
5r'a  ele 

Sr  nl  thol'o  gf 
5s'tra  cjze 
paZm'Is  try- 
pan 6  ra'ma 
par'tl  §an 
Pas'tewr  ize 
pat'ron  age 
pe  eu'nl  a  rjr 


Mngr'shifc.         »inish'iat.         3  in  ish'i&tiv.        *  zharde  nyar'.        6  jOTdish'iS  ry. 
6  lush 'us.  i  -kSr.  8  me  razh'.  8  nas  tur'sbum. 


244  NEW  CHAMPION  SPELLING  BOOK 

pgd'a  go  gf  psy  e/iSl'6  gy  sgm'I  na  ry         t6r  rl  to'rl  al 

pen  I  ten'tia  ry  pune  tu  a'tion  se  ren'I  ty 

per  en'nl  al  pur  suit'  so  lie/It  ous 

pe  rl  Sd'I  eal  quar'an  tine  sou.  vS  ni'r' 

pSr  p6t/u  ate  rat  I  ft  ea'tion  s&v'6r  elan 

per'qul  §Ite  re  cjp'ro  eate  spon  ta/ne"  ous    tu  bSr  eu  lo'sls 

pe  tro'le  um  ree'on  qlle  squal'or  ty'phoid 

phe  noni'e  nSn  r6m  I  nls'cenqe  stat  Is  tl'cian      typ'I  eal 


thgr  mSm'e"  t£r 
tor'tmse 
tran  qull'fl  ty 
transient 3 


phos'phate  re  prlg'al 

pie  t$r  gsqwe'  rgg'Sr  voir 2 

pleu'rl  sy  r6s  tl  tu'tion 

pneu  mat'Ie  re  trj'eve' 

pneu  mo'nl  a  reVgr  enqe 

pre  eo'cious  rfteu'ma  tl§m      sub  stan'tial 

pre  llm'I  n£  ry  rTm'barb  suit'a  ble 

pr6s  tige'  ■  rl  dle'u  lous        symp'tom§ 

pre"  ten'tious  rou  tine'  t&c/It  ly 

preVij  lenqe  ru'dl  ments         tan'gl  ble 

pr6  er&Vtl  nate  sar  sa  pa  rll'/a    teeft'nl  eal 

pro  mls'eil  ous  sci  en  tlf  le  tS  na/cious 

prSp  a  gan'da  seru'pu  lous        ter  reVtrl  al 


sta  tls'tles  u  n'iqwe' 

st6  nSg'ra  phy    vae'cl  nate 
steVl  lize  va  lid?  tf 

strat'a  gem         va'rl  £  gat  6d 
sub  serlp'tion     vaude'vlUe 4 
ve'h£  ment 
v$  rSQ'I  tf 
vi  va'cious 
vi  v&qI  tf 
vSl'  a  tile 
vSl'un  t&  rf 
vul'ngr  a  ble 
weird 


Note.  —  Review  in  oral  contest  the  annual  contests  of  Sec- 
tions IV  and  V ;  also  words  misspelled  during  the  year. 


1  prSstSzh' 


*  r&t'Sr  vw6r. 


8  -shent. 


vod'vil. 


N.   E.   A.    SPELLING   CONTEST,   CLEVELAND, 
OHIO,   JUNE    29,  1908 


Written  List 

which 

disappear 

regretted 

chimney 

separate 

mischief 

noticeable 

necessarily 

develop 

character 

restaurant 

partition 

whether 

pursue 

curiosity 

capitol 

February- 

origin 

miniature 

muscle 

benefited 

exercise 

poem 

preparation 

grammar 

handkerchief 

brethren 

victuals 

accommodate 

potatoes 

persevere 

disease 

embarrass 

iron 

umbrella 

millinery 

business 

together 

arctic 

sovereign 

acquiesce 

beginning 

particular 

mischievous 

parallel 

surprise 

adjacent 

several 

judgment 

thorough 

pumpkin 

laboratory 

until 

negroes 

except 

balloon 

management 

fulfill 

recognize 

geography 

analysis 

principal 

similar 

cistern 

lettuce 

'professor 

admittance 

misspelled 

elm 

descendant 

irrelevant 

equipage 

precede 

government 

foreigner 

cemetery 

occasion 

analyze 

deceit 

conscience 

divisible 

detached 

hygiene 

architect 

changeable 

governor 

siege 

stationery 

supersede 

cleanse 

niece 

athletic 

occurrence 

vertical 

alley 

convenience 

committee 

prejudice 

ceiling 

sufficient 

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busy 

immediate 

believe 

receive 

salary 

expense 

speak 

sieve 

raisin              « 

recommend 

aqueduct 

neuter 

juicy 

disease 

license 

salad 

axle 

truly 

skillful 

jewel 

gingham 

cabbage 

vinegar 

proceed 

cedar 

celery 

prairie 

panel 

arithmetic 

forcible 

kerosene 

cancellation 

disconsolate 

argument 

extravagant 

battlement 

accomplishment 

i  accident 

get 

intemperance 

educate 

rather 

visible 

American 

Capabilities 

candidate 

animal 

engine 

yet 

Italian 

solemn 

definition 

ceremony 

genuine 

barbarism 

clemency 

representative 

collateral 

volunteer 

gracious 

fatigue 

excessive 

countenance 

collapse 

seize 

reverence 

indelible 

vaccinate 

apparatus 

acid 

salve 

dissatisfy 

strategy 

emanate 

perilous 

caterpillar 

ascend 

decimal 

knowledge^ 

elevate 

area 

position 

gnaw 

guise 

criticize 

Benjamin 

syllable 

maintain 

dying 

cereal 

exempted 

eulogy 

tactful 

convalescent  territorial 

necessity 

weird 

exhilarate 

latter 

inquisitive 

correspond 

condescend 

foreign 

irresistible 

wonder 

wander 

recede 

disappear 

secretary 

deference 

urgent 

fulfill 

perilous 

supreme 

drowned 

address 

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lemon 

magazine 

tariff 

mattress 

sheriff 

to 

too 

two 

write 

through 

their 

there 

every 

guide 

sure 

children 

careful 

already 

altogether 

certain 

daily 

enough 

shoulder 

weather 

meant 

tongue 

village 

principle 

straight 

scholar 

language 

occur 

ankle 

boundary 

sentence 

relative 

declarative 

refer 

applaud 

rinse 

adhere 

offense 

rehearse 

grateful 

rustle 

object 

recess 

discord 

influence 

express 

illustrate 

peaceable 

blamable 

sensible 

baggage 

fairies 

capitol 

decease 

illusion 

allusion 

petition 

spherical 

scheme 

remedy 

villain 

tragedy 

strategy 

accidentally 

farthest 

fiery 

religious 

neuralgia 

excellent 

haggard 

immaterial 

apparel 

possession 

massacre 

managing 

vicious 

predecessor 

plausible 

righteous 

paralyze 

miracle 

organization 

l  stationary 

definite 

advertisement 

gas 

adjustable 

experiment 

accept 

Harvard 

providence 

statement 

sentiment 

benevolence 

amusement 

parliament 

independent 

rudiments 

audience 

prominent 

vehement 

electricity 

irascible 

indispensable 

history 

equipped 

lieutenant 

creditor 

superintendent   fragile 

admission 

business 

PRONUNCIATION   CONTEST 


bouquet 

preferable 

bisect 

millionaire 

incomparable 

lamentable 

address 

statistician 

indisputable 

rise  (n.) 

nonchalant 

pronunciation 

inquiry 

despicable 

gallant 

contrary 

impious 

Italian 

mustache 

exemplary 

Iowa 

franchise 

alternate 

obligatory 

disreputable 

accent  (v.) 

acclimated 

frustum 

New  Orleans 

accent  (n.) 

contrast  (v.) 

forehead 

Cincinnati 

discourse 

automobile 

disputable 

Seattle 

mischievous 

obliquely 

chauffeur 

picturesque 

precedent(n. 

,)  laureate 

depot 

exquisite 

precedence 

experiment 

salmon 

meningitis 

gross 

biography 

Roosevelt 

finance 

romance 

St.  Louis 

attacked 

appendicitis 

route 

Illinois 

envelope 

Arab 

suite 

squalor 

Evangeline 

Concord 

creek 

recess 

area 

Danish 

maniacal 

waylaid 

debris 

docile 

often 

lyceum 

debut 

frontier 

almond 

illustrate 

guardian 

legislative 

facade 

advertisement  Hiawatha 

research 

telegrapher 

politic 

cupola 

vehement 

juvenile 

Arkansas 

cerebrum 

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